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The Pachinko Parlour, Elisa Shua Dusapin philosophy Manhattan Transfer is a masterpieceThe days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Womens calves, mens shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies borne for too long. It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve year old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor at her grandparents: daydreaming, playing Tetris and listening to the sounds