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Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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Mar 27, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038634

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Praise

“…short, tense and brutally eloquent” — Publishers Weekly

“The latest postcard from the edge by noir-ish Japanese novelist and filmmaker Murakami.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Piercing is a Japanese extension of (David) Lynch’s world.” — Chris Petit, Guardian

“I read the whole book with my shoulders pressing into my ears, if that tells you anything.” — Emily Temple, LitHub  *10 Works of Literary Horror You Should Read(Even if You Don’t Think You Like Horror*

“Equally compelling and disturbing … Piercing is an even darker psycho-thriller” Daily Mail (London)

“If Ryu Murakami’s short novel were a film it would be a nasty but effective B-movie chiller … Written in a faintly ironic style reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis, Piercing is queasily compulsive … the plot delivers its shocks efficiently.” – Financial Times

There are echoes here of Edgar Allan Poe and Dostoevsky – Murakami shares their fascination with the darkest layer of the soul, and the appalling isolation of the criminal. Creepy and gripping.”
– The Times (London)

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