Self-Sufficiency 101

July / August, 2014

DUE WESTAn Excerpt From Xiang Xi Haruki Murakami's Novel, TranslatedI followed James to the fourth floor, where the receptionist asked if we had made any appointments. I told her we had scheduled a booking with the club's manager, Ah Chak, who was already standing by the reception area, waiting for us. There wasn’t anything special about Ah Chak. He was just a very friendly Cantonese man.Ah Chak greeted us and gave us a briefing about the club. It turned out that right at that hour in the evenin...