Thursday, January 29, 2009

Black Passenger Yellow Cabs

I've mentioned this book in previous posts. It's an erotic ethnographic memoir that explores in easy layperson’s terms the socio-psychosexual dynamics of Japan and the erotic capital of the Western male. Such are the social dynamics which allows sheer effortless and infinite availability of sex, for black and white men. A phenomenon I was only too eager to explore.

Or so the summary states. In six years the author slept with sixty different Asian women while living in Japan, and his book recounts those experiences as well as his early childhood that, he says, shaped him into a sexual predator.

Black Passenger has received mixed reviews, but I think it could still be worth a read. I've met the author in person, and, even if I don't agree with some of the things he did here, he's an all right guy and his story is an interesting one.

It's available as a Kindle book on Amazon (with reviews)
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passenger-Yellow-Cabs-Excess/dp/B001F0RKXE

And in print at Create Space
https://www.createspace.com/3358400

I recommend you read reviews and excerpts before you purchase.

5 comments:

Korega said...

hmm...interesting. I'm curious, Is the author black? I'm asking because you mentioned you've met him before, and the title "Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs" seems to be very telling. Anyway, I'll still check it out. I'm also destined for Japan next month (hopefully Nagoya) via Interac, and there's are so many views out there due to different experiences.

Tony Alexander said...

Not the kind of book that should be getting free advertising on blogs like this one. Not my kind of book.

Anonymous said...

"Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs"
Well that explains how AIDs made it to Japan.

Patrick said...

"anonymous"? brave.

Korega said...

Wow Anonymous...that's pretty harsh...if i'm catching your drift

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