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Andrew Clare

Andrew Clare is a corporate lawyer who has worked in Japan and the United Kingdom. Before becoming a lawyer, he obtained his Master's degree at Kobe University. His translation of Yukio Mishima's "The Frolic of the Beasts" (Kemono no tawamure / 獣の戯れ) was published to critical acclaim by Vintage International in the US in 2018 and by Penguin Modern Classics in the UK in 2019 (re-released in 2023 with new covers). The book was voted one of the best translations of the decade (2010s) by Lithub and favorably reviewed in the international press, including in the New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Times Literary Supplement. It also received a starred review in Publishers Weekly.