{"product_id":"9781939931146","title":"I Called Him Necktie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Twenty-year-old Taguchi Hiro has spent the last two years of his life living as a hikikomori--a shut-in who never leaves his room and has no human interaction--in his parents' home in Tokyo. As Hiro tentatively decides to reenter the world, he spends his days observing life around him from a park bench. Gradually he makes friends with Ohara Tetsu, a middle-aged salaryman who has lost his job but can't bring himself to tell his wife, and shows up every day in a suit and tie to pass the time on a nearby bench. As Hiro and Tetsu cautiously open up to each other, they discover in their sadness a common bond. Regrets and disappointments, as well as hopes and dreams, come to the surface until both find the strength to somehow give a new start to their lives.\"--From publisher's web site.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Vessel Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48781594591467,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":29.28,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781939931146-1.jpg?v=1781712894","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781939931146","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}