| Grotesque: A Thriller Contributor(s): Kirino, Natsuo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400096596 ISBN-13: 9781400096596 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: From the Edgar-nominated author of "Out" comes a thrillingly dark and layered work of noir fiction, which seamlessly weaves together the stories of women struggling with the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Noir |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008270720 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.10 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to fit in.Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead -- both have become prostitutes and both have been brutally murdered. Natsuo Kirino, celebrated author of Out, seamlessly weaves together the stories of these women's struggles within the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society. At once a psychological investigation of the pressures facing Japanese women and a classic work of noir fiction, Grotesque is a brilliantly twisted novel of ambition, desire, beauty, cruelty, and identity by one of our most electrifying writers. |