{"product_id":"piercing-paperback","title":"Piercing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyu Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mr. Murakami's novels are filled with entertaining psychopaths.\" --\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pulsating cult-favorite psycho-thriller, the basis of the major motion picture starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*One of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Ten Works of Literary Horror You Should Read (Even if You Don't Think You Like Horror)\"* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eIn the Miso Soup\u003c\/i\u003e from a cult favorite writer, \u003ci\u003ePiercing \u003c\/i\u003econfirms Murakami as the master of the psycho thriller--terrifying, sickening, and utterly gripping\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyu Murakami \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakamiis the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include \u003ci\u003eCoin Locker Babie\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eSixty-Nin\u003c\/i\u003ee, \u003ci\u003ePopular Hits of the Showa Era\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Miso Soup\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Fatherland, with Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Murakami is also a screenwriter and a director; his films include \u003ci\u003eTokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of Yo\u003c\/i\u003eu. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph McCarthy \u003c\/b\u003eis a noted translator, whose translations include Ryu Murakami's\u003ci\u003e Audition, In the Miso Soup, Piercing, Sixty-Nine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrom The Fatherland, With Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.2 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762759467296,"sku":"9780143038634","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/600756ee91f26a13b616147ddeb6c933.webp?v=1780225401","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/piercing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}