Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747593133
Number of pages: 192
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
'Equally compelling and disturbing ... a dark psycho-thriller' Daily Mail 'Piercing is a Japanese extension of David Lynch's world: surreal, sexually anguished, highly neurotic, both knowing and naive' Guardian 'Each time a new book by Ryu Murakami is published, the people at the Japanese Tourist Board must hang their heads in despair ... darkly witty' Daily Telegraph 'There are echoes here of Edgar Allan Poe and Dostoyevsky - Murakami shares their fascination with the darkest layer of the soul, and the appalling isolation of the criminal. Creepy and gripping' Kate Saunders, The Times
This is the most darkly disturbing,funny,thoughtful book I have read in a long time,it grabs you from page 1 and doesn't let go,and when it's finished with you leaves you with a profound sense of loss tinged... More
Kawashima Masayuki finds himself increasingly disturbed by dark thoughts of wanting to murder his newborn child. In a desperate attempt to quell said impulses, he decides to find a form of release through other... More
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