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Villain
Shuichi Yoshida
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Description for Villain
Paperback. A young woman is brutally murdered on a remote mountain road. A young construction worker, Yuichi, is on the run - but is he guilty? As the police close in on Yuichi and his new lover, the stories of the victim, the murderer and their families are uncovered. But these men and women are never what they appear to be.. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
A young woman is brutally murdered on a remote mountain road. A young construction worker, Yuichi, is on the run - but is he guilty?
This is the dark heart of Japan; a world of seedy sex hotels and decaying seaside towns; a world of loneliness, violence and desperation.
As the police close in on Yuichi and his new lover, the stories of the victim, the murderer and their families are uncovered. But these men and women are never what they appear to be...
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099526650
SKU
V9780099526650
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Shuichi Yoshida
Shuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1968. He is the author of numerous books and has won many Japanese literary awards, including the Akutayawa Prize for Park Life, and the prestigious Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, both of which he received for Villain. Several of his stories have been adapted for Japanese television, and ... Read more
Reviews for Villain
Yoshida has been compared to Stieg Larsson for his pairing of lurid crime and social critique, but his tone is less sensationalist, more melancholic...Yoshida exposes cruelty and alienation at all levels of Japanese society
New Yorker
A gripping psychological thriller which shows a very different Japan from the neon-lit Tokyo we are more used to
Financial Times ... Read more
New Yorker
A gripping psychological thriller which shows a very different Japan from the neon-lit Tokyo we are more used to
Financial Times ... Read more