Deadline Book 2

Nosaka Akiyuki escapes a deadline and hides in a hotel in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; an editor takes a late-night taxi from Tokyo to avoid being discovered by a surprise attack; an editor-in-chief stabs a paper knife into a sofa in anger.

Genji Keita, cornered, thinks, "I want to be a tree," Futabatei Shimei repeatedly utters, "I'm not so smart," Yamamoto Shugoro writes, "I'll really do it. If I say I'll do it, I'll do it. I'm going to sleep tonight." 80 deadline dramas filled with laughter, tears, and excuses.

"I wish I'd stayed a salaryman after all." The monster is back! The long-awaited second volume in this anthology of writers and deadlines.

After surviving the relentless pressure of a ruthless editor, constant pain in the buttocks, and flashing hallucinations, and battling deadlines against a fierce monkey, will the family that awaits be a blessing or a curse? From Balzac to Kawakami Mieko, 80 pieces of courage and grief by authors who continue to write. This one is slower than the last...