Mishima the drowning empire Working as a lifeguard at

Working as a lifeguard at a luxurious Florida resort

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

Jack Morgan

most nearly tragic account we have of the failings and triumphs of leadership

Mishima the drowning empire Working as a lifeguard atAt 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