Yakudoshi: The Age Of Calamity
Chris McKinney’s seventh novel takes place in Hawaii’s underworld of lounge bars, drugs, gambling and crime.
In Japan, people believe that there are years in a person’s life that are bad luck. For men, the worst is 41. It is yakudoshi. It is the age of calamity.
Bruce Blanc, fresh off a nine-year prison jolt and back on the streets of Honolulu, is about to turn 41. He finds himself embroiled in urban Honolulu’s Asian-American nightlife. Kids lighting up the night with cocaine and killing daylight with Xanax. Girls who spend more time looking at themselves in the mirror than Snow White’s mom; the older divorcees with means who prey on them. And ninety-pound female drug lords and the cops in love with them. A new bar is opening or shutting down daily. The foundation of a new high rise is being poured every day. This is not your mom’s Hawaii. It’s building up, not building out.
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The host for this episode was Roger Jellinek.
The host for this episode was Roger Jellinek.
The host for this episode was Roger Jellinek.
The host for this episode was Roger Jellinek.
The host for this episode was Roger Jellinek.