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Her 1997 book out is by no means new, but for a firsttime reader it still leaps from the page with an arresting freshness. Japanese crime writer natsuo kirino first became known to english readers with the publication of out, the 2003 translation of auto 1997, her harrowing tale of four apparently demure women. Yayoi snaps because of her husband kenjis illtreatment of her, his gambling, on which he has spent all their savings, and his lusting after a woman who works in a club. This is the story of three japanese women and the interconnectedness of beauty and cruelty, sex and violence, ugliness and ambition in their lives. I am hoping to read this one over the coming months.
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