Acclaimed investigative journalist Jake Adelstein tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of The Last Yakuza, a ripping yarn about the former mob boss he hired to be his bodyguard. Mapping the shifting currents of modern Japan and the lethal glamour of its criminal underbelly, The Last Yakuza is an unputdownable history of a man’s life outside the law.

Jake Adelstein joins Brisbane Writers Festival to discuss his new release and the fascinating world of The Last Yakuza with Steve Austin of ABC Radio & Television fame.