{"product_id":"in-the-miso-soup-paperback","title":"In the Miso Soup - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyu Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom postmodern Renaissance man Ryu Murakami, master of the psychothriller and director of Tokyo Decadence, comes this hair-raising roller-coaster ride through the nefarious neon-lit world of Tokyo's sex industry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's just before New Year, and Frank, an 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyu Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is 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\u003ePiercing\u003c\/i\u003e, \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 \u003cbr\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. He is also the translator of two collections of stories by Osamu Dazai--\u003ci\u003eSelf Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Bamboo, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eFairy-Tale Book of Dazai Osamu\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987608240429,"sku":"9780143035695","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dDJQN0R4dmRsV2FsSjdFYllyRE5zZz09.webp?v=1776182974","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/in-the-miso-soup-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}