Mr casuasigur is a british novelist of japanese origin and a nobel laureate in literature. His family moved to england in 19 60, cause his dad was an ocean grapher,. They thought it was gonto be a temporary trip, but then the whatever invention he had was too important so they stayed. He says that after fame from this book is what prompted his family to get an answering machine, because enough people were calling him up trying to take him to dinner.