This biography is written by one of the best writers of the 20th century and concerns one of the most influential art critics of visual art. Roger Fry loved traditional Italian art and was converted through a very gradual and natural process to become an advocate for modern art. Roger Fry came to see and apprecaite his contemporaries in visual art as making and having made important contributions. Time has proved Roger Fry correct and his critics wrong. Who among us doesn't not know that van Gogh, Gaugain and Cezanne are important artists? Virginia Woolf is a perceptive and excellent writer. This is her only bow to biography. It is a pleasure to read about a significant personality written by such a good writer.

This is a good book, written in simple English by someone who knows his area well. He has a good piece on the Osaka Mafia and other blots on the Japanese corporate landscape. This is a book that tells it as it is. Informative, amusing, a book worth reading and buying.

This book was favorably reviewed in Nikkei, the Wall Street journal of Japan. Very seldom they review boks not written in Japanese. This book is an exception. It is as skillful as the best manga and as easy to follow. The author understands Japanese business and other culture. He just does not speak in typical cliches. He assembles the facts, very many of them, and present why Japan must change and will change. He shows a deep knowledge of Japanese history but like the Economist magazine, he can use that and his English well to make his point. Sorry my English is not so good as his but buy his book and find out for yourself.

Seldom have I read a book containing more random facts than this thin piece of "work". Explaining why the world's second biggest economy is faltering can not be done in 200 pages, especially this when writing with a total disregard for Japanese culture and a different way of thinking. The facts are additionally randomly compiled together, so picking up a manga while in Tokyo can probably provide the same economic insight as this "book".

Best of the Tom Brown Jr. books in my opinion. To bad they are not publishinng this one anymore. Thus the high price for this book. The information contained within should be considered sacred. Highly recommend it.

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