Grotesque

Suicide, paedophilia, incest and murder combine with subtle touches of humour to form a story that will leave you questioning your own morality

Dazed and Confused

Delves so deep beyond its own shock horror premise that much contemporary crime fiction looks like cheap, exploitative rubbish by comparison ....an utterly absorbing novel that gives as vivid - and disturbing - a picture of contemporary Japan as you could imagine

Metro

This is a rich, complex read. Be prepared for a book utterly unlike anything we are used to in crime fiction

Independent

It is one of the most unexpected and playful novels to emerge from Japan in recent years...a triumph. In its boldness and originality, it broadens our sense of what modern Japanese fiction can be

Telegraph

Unclichéd contemporary noir at its most absorbing and relevant...a masterful and haunting achievement

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