Villain
Shuichi Yoshida author Philip Gabriel translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:18th Aug '11
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A gripping thriller about the dark heart of Japan. Now a major motion picture
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;
As the police close in on Yuichi and his new lover, the stories of the victim, the murderer and their families are uncovered.
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...
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 *
It isn't hard to see why it has caused a sensation among readers and critics in Japan. Villain is a superlative crime novel with intriguing twists * Sunday Times *
A novelist of truly international stature * The Times *
A complex and powerful exploration of the lives of a victim, killer and their families and friends... Villain is a moving and disturbing novel about loneliness, lies and the gap between expectation and reality. Highly recommended * Guardian *
ISBN: 9780099526650
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
Weight: 213g
304 pages