Book description
It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist,
has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But
Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible
suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Although
Kenji is far from innocent himself, he unwillingly descends with Frank
into an inferno of evil, from which only his sixteen-year-old
girlfriend, Jun, can possibly save him.
On a recent trip to Britain, bestselling author Haruki Murakami
was asked who his favourite Japanese author was. He replied that it
was his namesake, Ryu Murakami. Renaissance man for the postmodern
age, Ryu Murakami has played drums for a rock group, made movies and
hosted a TV talk show. Whilst he was still a student, his first novel
Almost Transparent Blue was awarded Japan's most coveted
literary prize and went on to sell over a million copies.
Ralph McCarthy is the translator of 69 by Ryu Murakami and two
collections of stories by Osamu Dazai.
