In the Miso Soup
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From postmodern Renaissance man Ryu Murakami, master of the psychothriller and director of Tokyo Decadence, comes this hair-raising roller-coaster ride through the nefarious neon-lit world of Tokyo's sex industry
It's just before New Year, and Frank, an 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.
Ryu Murakami
A Renaissance man of the modern age, Ryu Murakami was a novelist, filmmaker, drummer and television host. His first novel, Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, won Japan's most prestigious literary prize and went on to sell more than a million copies. His most recent novel to appear in English was In the Miso Soup, published by Bloomsbury in 2005.
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