In The Miso Soup
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Ryu Murakami
A rollercoaster ride from the cult master of the psycho-thriller'A blistering portrait of contemporary Japan, its nihilism and decadence wrapped up within one of the most savage thrillers since The Silence of the Lambs' Kirkus'Deft and fascinating . . . A grisly tour of the darkness and confusion of the human mind' New York TimesIt's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's red light district.As Frank's behaviour becomes increasingly unsettling, Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous intentions.Although Kenji is far from innocent himself, he unwillingly descends into the troubling waters of Frank's mind, from which only his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Jun, can possibly save him.
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Author
Ryu Murakami
Pages
192
Publisher
A&C Black
Published Date
2009-08-03
ISBN
1408806371 9781408806371
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"Thrilling was definitly a word that this book encompasses and also the word graphic, the clmax of this book is not for the faint of heart. If you don't like very graphic scences don't read this. But for me that wasn't the heart of what the book was. It was a book that was centered around the interplay of troubled charcters. One not so much as the other, but trobled none the less. It was a book about morals, and modern society, and what makes societies cultures diffrent from each other and how that effects the average way of thinking in a countrey. It was fasinating and I really liked that about it, I felt like I learned a lot from this book."
Cole Johnson
"Nightmares for days"
Stranger Than Figtion
"Such a good short mystery! If you love anything true crime, this is a quick inside view on the kind of murder scenario we tend to place ourselves in, first account. #horror #gorey #murder #killers #japan #scary"
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