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October 14, 2020

Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

I picked up this novel simply because I was intrigued by the title. What's going to happen after the coffee gets cold? What kind of tales can we expect? Somehow I'm always drawn to stories set in cafes and train stations - people come and go, but everyone has a story to tell. I hadn't realised that this was actually the sequel novel to Before the Coffee Gets Cold, but even without reading the first novel, the sequel can be enjoyed very much on its own too. A cafe that allows you to travel …

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