Out

Nothing in Japanese literature prepares us for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino's award-winning literary mystery Out.

This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime. The coolly intelligent Masako emerges as the plot's ringleader, but quickly discovers that this killing is merely the beginning, as it leads to a terrifying foray into the violent underbelly of Japanese society.

At once a masterpiece of literary suspense and pitch-black comedy of gender warfare, Out is also a moving evocation of the pressures and prejudices that drive women to extreme deeds, and the friendships that bolster them in the aftermath.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/04/2005
ISBN: 9781400078370
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.22w x 0.89d

Review Citations: Romantic Times 05/01/2005 pg. 91 - Very Good
Ingram Advance 02/01/2005 pg. 60
Booksense '76 January 2005 01/01/2005 pg. 1
New York Times 02/20/2005 pg. 26
Time 03/14/2005 pg. 68