Abandon the Old in Tokyo continues to delve into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Yoshihiro Tatsumi's maturation as a storywriter.

Many of the stories deal with the economic hardships of the time and the strained relationships between men and women, but do so by means of dark allegorical twists and turns. A young sewer cleaner's girlfriend has a miscarriage and leaves him when he proves incapable of finding higher paying work.

Author/Artist: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Publisher: Drawn And Quarterly
Page Count: 224pp
Size: 7 x 9
Notes: paperback, b/w
Date of Publication: March 28, 2012
ISBN: 978-1770460775