Mishima the drowning empire but there is more danger

but there is more danger in store for the citizens of Pollard before summer arrives

if somewhat demented

Working as a lifeguard at a luxurious Florida resort

she forms an anti-bucket list -- starting with a steamy fling

and boldness in love and art—even in the face of hardship and heartbreak

Mishima the drowning empire but there is more dangerAt forty five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his abdomen; a disciple then beheaded him, completing the ritual of hara kiri. John Nathan's riveting biography traces the life of this tortured, nearly