Out : A Novel (Vintage International)
Registered by ffortsa on 2/7/2006
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(from Publisher's Weekly) Four women who work the night shift in a Tokyo factory that produces boxed lunches find their lives twisted beyond repair in this grimly compelling crime novel, which won Japan's top mystery award, the Grand Prix, for its already heralded author, now making her first appearance in English. Despite the female bonding, this dark, violent novel is more evocative of Gogol or Dostoyevsky than Thelma and Louise... the gritty realism of everyday existence in the underbelly of Japan's consumer society comes across with pungent force.
I found this book a little slow at the start, and then utterly fascinating.
I found this book a little slow at the start, and then utterly fascinating.
