{"product_id":"the-rope-artist-paperback","title":"The Rope Artist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFuminori Nakamura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Bett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo detectives. Two identical women. One dead body-- then two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan's underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing, and sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Togashi, a junior member of the police force, investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor, he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast, Togashi's Sherlock Holmesian colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault, with a stalwart commitment to the truth and nearly superhuman powers of deduction. When Hayama notices a dangerous measure of darkness within Togashi, he embarks on a parallel investigation, which soon spirals out of control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnflinching in its flayed-raw treatment of identity, violence, sexuality, power, the occult, and the divine, The Rope Artist is both viscerally painful and unexpectedly hopeful--a genre homage that shines a light on the most dangerous elements of the human psyche.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuminori Nakamura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977 and graduated from Fukushima University in 2000. He has won numerous prizes for his writing, including Japan's prestigious Ōe Prize; the David L. Goodis Award for Noir Fiction; and the Akutagawa Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Thief, \u003c\/i\u003e his first novel to be translated into English, was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eCult X\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Evil and the Mask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Boy in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e My Annihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e and Last Winter, We Parted.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Bett \u003c\/b\u003eis a fiction writer and Japanese translator. His translation work has won the Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize and been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.19 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763854410016,"sku":"9781641295697","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7dcc4ec42999d9f5369d4d7dea101f3.webp?v=1780240245","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-rope-artist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}