Born and raised in New York City to a Japanese father and Hungarian mother, Jiro Adachi's first language was not exactly broken English --- more like malleable English. Mr. Adachi drew on both his experiences as a bike messenger and a teacher of English as a Foreign Language for this novel's portrait of bike boys and immigrants in New York. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.

Books by Jiro Adachi

The Island of Bicycle Dancers

by Jiro Adachi - Fiction