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Article: MOVE TO JAPAN BROUGHT HIM CLOSER TO AMERICA.(L.A. LIFE)

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April 14, 1996
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Byline: Jenny Burman Special to the Daily News

In the novel ``Audrey Hepburn's Neck'' (Pocket Books, 290 pages; $21), Japan's consumer culture provides some hilarious moments.

There are, for example, dogs that can be rented as pets by the hour, blimps advertising the crown prince as an eligible bachelor. But it is the behavior of Americans that most captures the imagination of the book's shy young protagonist, Toshi, on his first visits to Tokyo.

Advised never to act surprised around Americans, one thing that fascinates Toshi is not knowing what they are going to do next.

``When I started (the book), I realized ... I didn't want to do ...

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