{"product_id":"banana-fish-vol-5-9781591164173","title":"Banana Fish, Vol. 5","description":"\u003cb\u003eNature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of \"Papa\" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanana Fish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e's stripped-down, non-stop style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of more information about the substance, Ash flees to Los Angeles with a band of allies, where he clashes with Yau-Si, an alluring and duplicitous young assassin. Drawn in by Yau-Si, one of Ash's so-called allies betrays him to the Chinese mafia. Once again Ash is handed over to the rapacious Dino Golzine, who will do anything to cash in on \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanana Fish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viz Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591164173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 5.06w x 0.65d","brand":"Akimi Yoshida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161323270325,"sku":"9781591164173","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0e5bf679-3a68-4cc8-ab82-dcba3bb76f15.jpg?v=1768317852","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/banana-fish-vol-5-9781591164173","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}