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Psychologically intricate and astute, dark and unflinching, "Real World" is a searing, eye-opening portrait of teenage life in Japan unlike anything seen before.
In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four girls drift through tedious summer school classes. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son. They become drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them. ... from the British paperback edition
In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenaged girls discover that a neighbor has been murdered. The girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within as well as from the world around them, in this psychologically intricate thriller. ... from the American paperback edition
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  The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell
Set in Japan in the early 19th-century, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is part historical fiction, part mystery/thriller, and part swashbuckler. That the author, David Mitchell, can pull all this together is a tribute to his... [ Read full review ] |
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