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A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR''This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy'' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We''re Briefly GorgeousBenson and Mike are two young guys ...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR''This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy'' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We''re Briefly GorgeousBenson and Mike are two young guys who have been together for a few years - good years - but now they''re not sure why they''re still a couple. There''s the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he u