Out
Out
paperback
Published:
2 September, 2004
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Description
You can hide a body. You can’t bury the truth.
In a Tokyo factory, four women work the night shift to keep their lives afloat. When one of them kills her abusive husband, the others help hide the body - and step into a world of extortion, deceit and revenge.
Out is a masterclass in tension and realism. Kirino peels back the veneer of normal life to reveal the rage, loyalty and survival instincts that lie beneath. Gripping, brutal and profoundly human, this is a thriller that stares unflinchingly into darkness.
‘A shockingly intense read’ Daily Telegraph
‘Out is a potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice’ New York Times Book Review
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099472285 |
| ISBN10 | 0099472287 |
| Number Of Pages | 528 |
| Item Weight | 366 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 197 x 32 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Daring and disturbing, OUT is prepared to push the limits of this world - not only in violence and sex but also in human outlook… Remarkable * Los Angeles Times *
OUT is a potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice * New York Times Book Review *
A shockingly intense read * Daily Telegraph *
Brings the mystery thriller to new levels of intensity and realism - OUT has great plot twists, vigour and an ending that would make Hannibal Lecter smile * Library Journal *
In this top-drawer page-turner, Kirino offers a clever snapshot of her own culture...slyly amusing and compulsive * Metro *
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Author's Bio
Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in Japan as one of a rare breed of crime writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only Japan's top mystery award, for Out, but one of its major literary awards, the Naoki Prize, for Soft Cheeks, followed by the Tanizaki Prize for Tokyo Island. Several of her books have also been turned into movies.