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Piercing by Ryu Murakami

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Piercing by Ryu Murakami

"Mr. Murakami's novels are filled with entertaining psychopaths."--The New York Times

A pulsating cult-favorite psycho-thriller, the basis of the major motion picture starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska

*One of Literary Hub's "Ten Works of Literary Horror You Should Read (Even if You Don't Think You Like Horror)"*

Kawashima Masayuki is a successful graphic designer living in Tokyo with his loving wife, Yoko, and their baby girl. Outwardly, their lives are a picture of happiness and contentment, but every night while his wife sleeps Kawashima creeds from him bed and watches over the baby's crib with an ice pick in his hand and an almost visceral desire to use it.

One night, as this struggle unfolds once more, Kawashima makes a decision to confront his demons and sets into motion an uncontrollable chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder. The follow-up to In the Miso Soup from a cult favorite writer, Piercing confirms Murakami as the master of the psycho thriller--terrifying, sickening, and utterly gripping.

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 9780143038634
ISBN 10 014303863X
Title Piercing
Author Ryu Murakami
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2007-03-27
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.