{"product_id":"boat-life-vol-1","title":"Boat Life Vol. 1","description":"\u003ctable class=\"table table-cs table-striped\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row ml-2 mr-2\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 form-group\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSerialized between 1996 and 2000, Boat Life stars novelist Tsuda Kenta, a lightly veiled stand-in for the artist, Tsuge Tadao, himself, as he pursues a life of reprieve and reverie on a small, makeshift house boat on a river outside of Tokyo. Based loosely on the artist’s own daily life, this charming story follows the hapless protagonist on a series of magical absurdist quests, featuring a panoply of personable characters, including a drunkard fisherman, a pervy monk, a talking corpse, a senile hermit, and a half-supportive, half-doubtful wife and adult son. Most of the scenes take place on the Tonegawa River in Chiba, a favorite fishing spot of Tsuge’s. Others occur at the artist’s home or at Joker, a jeans and apparel shop the Tsuges opened in 1977. While fans of Trash Market and Slum Wolf will enjoy this late-career elaboration of après-guerre themes Tsuge has been exploring since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine Garo in the late ‘60s, fans of his brother Tsuge Yoshiharu’s The Man Without Talent will appreciate the more relaxed and optimistic take on middle-aged reclusion and the grind of work and family.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row ml-2 mr-2\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"col-12\"\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" class=\"btn collapse-btn btn-block mt-0 background-white\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"d-flex align-items-center mb-0 px-3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fa fa-angle-down mr-2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eShow\u003c\/span\u003e Additional Fields\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"row ml-2 mr-2\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313260798334,"sku":"NW9781942801122","price":15.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781942801122.jpg?v=1779113332","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/boat-life-vol-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}