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Language English Media type Print Originally published 1 June 2012 Genre Thriller Publisher Hodder & Stoughton | 3.4/5 Goodreads Publication date June 1, 2012 Pages 368 pgs ISBN 1444733559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author susanna quinn talks about glass geishas
Glass Geishas is a 2012 thriller novel by English author Susanna Quinn and was released on June 1, 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton. The book primarily focuses on a young English girl that becomes part of the Japanese hostess and sex industry. Of the novel, Quinn stated that she used her experiences as a hostess in Japan as inspiration for the book.
Contents
Susanna quinn introduces glass geishas
Synopsis
Glass Geishas follows Steph, an Englishwoman that becomes a bar hostess in Japan with the promise of gaining easy money by flirting with customers. She's told by her friends that hostessing is safe and that she won't have to perform any sort of sex. However, when she arrives, one friend has become a shell of her former self and the other, Annabel, has gone missing. Steph sets out to discover what happened to her friend, she becomes drawn into the underbelly of Roppongi, soaplands, snack bars, and no panty cafes, and into the grasp of Mama San, a woman who has worked in the sex industry all her life. As Steph's stay in Roppongi lengthens, she begins to lose sight of why she's there and realizes that she needs to find out what happened to her friend and get out before it's too late for the both of them.
Reception
The Burnley Express praised Glass Geishas, calling it "Intriguing, atmospheric and bleak".