Alex Austin '73

Alumnus and former Daily Bruin contributor, Alex Austin '76 released a new book titled "Nakamura Reality." The book was published by Permanent Press and released in February 2016. Austin’s body of writing has extended from magazine articles to full-length novels to screenplays and theatrical scripts. In “Nakamura Reality,” a world-famous author and member of the Japanese “yakuza,” or crime syndicate, seeks vengeance against an American man who marries his daughter. Austin stated “Nakamura Reality” is about surrealism versus realism.

He said he drew intimately from his own life and deep appreciation for Japanese culture, which began after one of his sons traveled to Japan to teach English and ended up marrying a Japanese woman.

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