Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Horror & Ghost Stories
In The Miso Soup
Paperback Published on: 20/02/2006; Language: Japanese (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £9.99
Bookseller Reviews
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Nasty but brilliant
A vicious, unsettling psychological horror that delves into a dark and treacherous side of human nature and behaviour. The characters are brilliantly devis... READ MORE
Messed Up In All The Right Ways
Seriously good and totally messed up. If you enjoyed the worst bits of American Psycho and like to feel kinda creeped out and tense, you should read this. ... READ MORE
Synopsis
It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight 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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN: 9780747578888
- Number of pages: 192
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
- Languages: Japanese (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allReally don't reccomend
I bought this book for two reasons. First I read numerous reviews about it, all stating that it was a true masterpiece, with reviews like that, how could I... READ MORE
Absolutly Brilliant
Although oddly disturbing, its a true masterpiece. I completely disagree with the other review - its characters are well detailed. (Although I do agree tha... READ MORE
Odd but in a certain style
Although described as horror this rather odd little book is more a gentle stroll through the demented mind of one overweight American Frank, and his somewh... READ MORE
Unsettling and bonkers, but I couldn't put it down
Kenji isn't exactly your average tour guide. For a small feee, he offers his assistance to foreign tourists who are desperate to get a taste of the seedy u... READ MORE
Unique.
I've never read anything like this before!
As we follow Japanese Kenji as he guides American Frank around the seedier districts of Tokyo, we wonder, is Fra... READ MORE
depraved but just about right
first of all this isn’t for anyone who is sensitive to mentions of extreme violence, s*xual assault and generally not very nice topics. i wouldn’t read it ... READ MORE
Mildly entertaining
Short read, pretty much one good scene and the ending sucks
Curious
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Through the course of the book you are strung along with the main character as he determines to uncover and reveal Frank's horrific intentio... READ MORE
I can't stop thinking about it
I read this book around three months ago, and I regularly think about it, the psychology in the criminal has kept me so fascinated I wish to read it all ov... READ MORE