ALAN BOOTH was born in London in 1946 and traveled to Japan in 1970 to study Noh theater. He stayed, working as a writer and film critic, until his death from cancer in 1993. His books include The Roads to Sata.
"[Booth] achieved an extraordinary understanding of life as it is
lived by ordinary Japanese....Frequently brilliant in his
insights."—F.G. Notehelfer, The New York Times Book Review
"Alan Booth was not only the best travel writer on Japan, but one
of the best travel writers in the English language. Looking for the
Lost is a superb exercise in describing Japan from the point of
view of an outsider with the knowledge of an insider."—Ian Buruma,
author of The Wages of Guilt
"Booth had a horror of pretension....[He] never fails to produce
the whimsical anecdotes that keep the whole account
down-to-earth."—Elizabeth ward, Washington Post Book World
"[Booth] achieved an extraordinary understanding of life as it is
lived by ordinary Japanese....Frequently brilliant in his
insights."-F.G. Notehelfer, The New York Times Book
Review
"Alan Booth was not only the best travel writer on Japan, but one
of the best travel writers in the English language. Looking for
the Lost is a superb exercise in describing Japan from the
point of view of an outsider with the knowledge of an insider."-Ian
Buruma, author of The Wages of Guilt
"Booth had a horror of pretension....[He] never fails to produce
the whimsical anecdotes that keep the whole account
down-to-earth."-Elizabeth ward, Washington Post Book World
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