Who Is Mr Satoshi

One afternoon last October, on the concrete of her patio garden, my mother had a fallaThat was the last time I really had any options. Reclusive photographer Rob Fossick, having never recovered from the tragic death of his wife, has come adrift both from society and his creative urge. But when his mother, who has for some time been suffering from dementia, suddenly dies, he is presented with an intriguing and entirely unwanted problem to solve u minutes before her death, Rob discovers that his mother was hoping to deliver a package to an enigmatic character called Mr Satoshi, but the name and the contents of the parcel are shrouded in mystery. So begins a quest that takes Rob out of his isolation and drops him, sweating and anxious, into the urban maelstrom of Tokyo. With the help of a disparate and colourful group of new acquaintances u an octogenarian amateur detective; a beautiful 'love hotel' receptionist; an ex-sumo wrestler obsessed with Dolly Parton u he edges closer to uncovering the mystery surrounding Mr Satoshi and the secrets he is able to reveal, while slowly coming face to face with some demons of his own. Combining several interlocking mysteries u both past and present u Who is Mr Satoshi? is a uniquely inventive and unforgettable story of a fragile soul coming to terms with the fact that nothing, in the end, is ever quite what it seems.