This item has been stored at home. The contents are in like-new, excellent condition, but the cover shows signs of aging due to its age. We appreciate your understanding. A Busy Day Despite Having Free Time by Shizuka Ijuin Hearing there's a race in the east, he rushes there even with a manuscript due; knowing there's mahjong in the west, he goes without sleeping... A rogue chasing the dreams of adults, traversing the Japanese archipelago! He's busy with work, but days without work are even busier. A wonderfully frustrating and somehow endearing, lazy writer's exquisite gambling and profligate chronicle. Contents Living is Everything Magic Lamp Reunion in Hawaii The Morning of Starting Keirin The Demon's Legs Have Arrived "I Want to Play Mahjong" from Africa Jumbo, Masai Mara Won't We Arrive Soon? The Boy of the Grasslands Hot Spring Keirin [and others] Chasing races, he rushes around keirin tracks. Taking advantage of the gaps, he plays horse racing and mahjong... He's also interested in golf, the J-League, and baseball... Let's savor the "adult play" mixed with joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure. This book compiles and adds to the series published in "Weekly Asahi Geino." From a Review I'll say it clearly: gambling is of no use in life. But if living as a human being means only doing things that are useful, then perhaps this world would be filled with hypocrites. I think that within things that seem to be of no use, there are actually hints for living. (Page 302) This is a sentence that has stayed with me from this book.