will appeal to fans of Pico Iyer's classic The Lady and the Monk and Donald Richie's bawdy yet insightful "novel" The Inland Sea.teachers, housewives, geisha, cynical expatriates, struggling language learners, blundering tourists, all among the backdrop of temples and contemplative gardens: a classic Kyoto landscape with a touch of acerbic wit.as an outsider, the hero is privy to shared details of what really goes on behind the Japanese façade of politeness and restraint.before he wrote his successful memoir about working at Studio Ghibli, the author of Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man had a very different experience of Japan the many readers who enjoyed his behind the scenes adventures in business will surely come along for this very different but equally engaging ride.
He studied English at the University of Aberdeen and graduated from the University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Masters in 2004. He is represented by Judy Moir at the Judy Moir Agency. He was born and raised in Aberdeen, Scotland and he currently lives in Japan. He is Reviews Editor of Shoreline of Infinity and writes for The Japan Times, Gutter, and The Bottle Imp. His first collection of poetry, Fractures, was published in 2016 by Tapsalteerie. In 2013 he was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and in 2014 he was shortlisted for the Guardian Not The Booker prize. He is also a freelance editor and journalist. Iain Maloney is the author of three novels – The Waves Burn Bright (Freight, 2016), Silma Hill (Freight, 2015) and First Time Solo (Freight, 2014) – and editor of In The Empty Places (2014), a collection of short stories and art.
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