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“Cryptic detectives, smoky nightclubs, and murky streets in Japanese suburbs add to the noir sensibility. At times bizarre, at times hallucinatory, the story is always provocative.” Publishers Weekly
“Kirby
Heyborne’s powerful performance conveys the sense of foreboding and
spine-tingling electricity in award-winning Japanese novelist Nakamura’s
second novel. When he is eleven years old, Fumihiro Kuki’s father tells him
he created him to be ‘a cancer on the world.’…As the boy plots and
executes the perfect crime, Heyborne’s pacing is spot-on, and his tone
is just creepy enough to keep listeners riveted. Heyborne delivers each
moment of the complex story with conviction, drawing listeners into
Fumihiro’s lifelong attempts to free himself from his father's curse.” AudioFile
“This literary thriller steeps the reader in humanity’s dark nature and the struggle of those who try to resist their own moral corruption. Fans of such Japanese writers as Miyuki Miyabe (Shadow Family), Natsuo Kirino (Out; Grotesque), and Keigo Higashino (The Devotion of Suspect X) will enjoy reading Nakamura.”
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