{"product_id":"2940045668750","title":"The Gangster and the Samurai","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gangster and the Samurai by Katsura \u0026amp; Yuramei\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFate is a fickle thing, fortune a double edged sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Being born into wealth and privilege may be the dream of most, but a fat, friendless child with no company but his books will find that money brings no real comfort.\u003cbr\u003eI was such a child and came quickly to the conclusion that to endure the mundane is not compulsory when one can retreat to one's thoughts and live the life of a samurai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI chose my own path. An existence of honour and adventure which I shared with my beloved fellow warrior, Hyung.\u003cbr\u003eEven I, at times, thought him to be a figment of my imagination, so when he appeared as a flesh and blood man in the offices of the Yakuza organisation, the Tatakai-gumi, my world was turned upside down.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKanno Sakamoto is a renaissance man. Homosexual, archer, swordsman, gardener, chef, pianist, gangster and fantasist — here he tells his own story.\u003cbr\u003eA dark, often humorous and sometimes challenging tale of love, lust and murder which is not for the faint of heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seishin Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108314661104,"sku":"2940045668750","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045668750_p0.jpg?v=1763681904","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045668750","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}