Train Man: The Novel-Fast Shipping

Description

An instant bestseller when it was first published in Japan, Train Man became a multimediasensation, generating a smash-hit TV series, a blockbuster film, and multiple mangaseries. Now here’s the novel that started it all.

Boy—bashful and not overly brave—defendsgirl from obnoxious drunk on a Tokyo train. Girl sends boy a thank-you pair of priceyHermés teacups. Boy’s a geek and doesn’t know what to do next. End of story for mostnerds—but this one turns to the world’s largest online message board and asks forhelp, so for him it’s just the beginning. This matchless love story is told througha series of Internet chat room threads.

As Train Man, our hero charts his progressand unveils each new crisis—from making conversation to deciding what to wear ona date and beyond—in return, he receives advice, encouragement, warnings, and sympathyfrom the anonymous netizens. And Train Man discovers the secret to what makes theworld go round—and proves we really do live in a universe where anything can happen.