Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu KawaguchiFrom the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago; The son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral; The man who

and attempt to recover the initial promise of their relationship many years down the line following the husband Roy's lengthy incarceration

She writes of her encounters with prime ministers

receive a much closer look

and instead dare to listen to and trust in the voice deep inside us

calm and generous' Mary Beard

first to survive and then

a greedy mole

snaking sentences make the book almost literally unputdownable

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What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain

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