Out
$29.81
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2004
Summary
A masterpiece from the queen of Japanese crime - an unflinching, fast-moving foray into the darkest recesses of society and the human soul.
In the Tokyo suburbs, four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts, and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives.
A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband, then confesses h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099472285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099472287 |
| Author: | Natsuo Kirino |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
Daring and disturbing, OUT is prepared to push the limits of this world - not only in violence and sex but also in human outlook… Remarkable
Daring and disturbing, OUT is prepared to push the limits of this world - not only in violence and sex but also in human outlook… Remarkable * Los Angeles Times *
OUT is a potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice * New York Times Book Review *
A shockingly intense read * Daily Telegraph *
Brings the mystery thriller to new levels of intensity and realism - OUT has great plot twists, vigour and an ending that would make Hannibal Lecter smile * Library Journal *
In this top-drawer page-turner, Kirino offers a clever snapshot of her own culture…slyly amusing and compulsive * Metro *
About The Author
Natsuo Kirino
Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in Japan as one of a rare breed of crime writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only Japan’s top mystery award, for Out, but one of its major literary awards, the Naoki Prize, for Soft Cheeks, followed by the Tanizaki Prize for Tokyo Island. Several of her books have also been turned into movies.
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