The debut novel from Hawaii-based author\u00a0M. Thomas Gammarino<\/strong><\/a> is a deadly funny story of haunted progressive rock composer Brain Tedesco. The book has already received rave reviews;\u00a0PF Kluge<\/strong><\/a> says it\u2019s \u201cseductive and devastating\u201d and\u00a0Ron Currie Jr.<\/strong><\/a> calls Brain \u201cthe perfect hero for the Age of Anxiety.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n ****************** If you’re near Seattle or Vancouver, catch Tom and the Chin Music Press team at one of these events:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/6\u00a0Third Place Books Ravenna<\/a>,\u00a06504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 7pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/7\u00a0Sophia Books<\/a>,\u00a0450 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC,\u00a06:30pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/8\u00a0Big in Japan: Bold In Seattle. <\/span>Little Red Bistro<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0400 Dexter Ave. N, Seattle, WA,\u00a06pm<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Big in Japan: A Ghost Story <\/em>is designed by JET alum\u00a0Joshua Powell<\/strong><\/a> (Saitama-ken 2005-07) <\/strong>and marketed by fellow alum Jessica Sattell<\/a> (Fukuoka-ken 2007-2008)<\/strong>. <\/strong>The book is available through the\u00a0Chin Music Press website<\/a> with promotional free shipping to the U.S. and Canada or at major booksellers.<\/p>\n For book reviews and more information, visit\u00a0Big in Japan<\/em>\u2019s website<\/a>. Check out previous JetWit posts about Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" **************** Chin Music Press, the Seattle-based publisher owned and run by\u00a0Bruce Rutledge (MEF Program Chiba-ken, 1985-87) is thrilled to host\u00a0several reading events this week in Seattle and Vancouver for their newest release,\u00a0Big in Japan: A Ghost Story. The debut novel from Hawaii-based author\u00a0M. Thomas Gammarino is a deadly funny story of haunted progressive rock composer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"BIJCover\"](\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/BIJCover-202x299.jpg\" "\\"BIJCover\\"")
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