Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami
A surreal coming-of-age tale that establishes Ryu Murakami as one of the most inventive young writers in the world today.Abandoned at birth in adjacent train station lockers, two troubled boys spend their youth in an orphanage and with foster parents on a semi-deserted island before finally setting off for the city to find and destroy the women who first rejected them. Both are drawn to an area of freaks and hustlers called Toxitown. One becomes a bisexual rock singer, star of this exotic demimonde, while the other, a pole vaulter, seeks his revenge in the company of his girlfriend, Anemone, a model who has converted her condominium into a tropical swamp for her pet crocodile.
Together and apart, their journey from a hot metal box to a stunning, savage climax is a brutal funhouse ride through the eerie landscape of late-twentieth-century Japan.
Ryu Murakami is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books and the winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary honor. Many of his books, notably Audition, have been adapted into films. He is based in Japan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9784770028969 |
| ISBN 10 | 4770028962 |
| Title | Coin Locker Babies |
| Author | Ryu Murakami |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Year published | 2002-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 394 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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