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Genre: Fiction

  • Zoo

    In the human zoo it’s hard to tell who has the keys to the cage.

  • The devil’s disciple

    Spinning a complex web of events and influences in this chilling murder mystery, Hamao probes the notion of guilt – both psychological and legal. The Devil’s Disciple is here published alongside ‘Did He Kill Them?’, a haunting tale of a love affair turned sour.

  • Lala pipo

  • The samurai banner of Furin kazan

    Originally published in Japanese in 1959, this classic novel by Yasushi Inoue takes place during the Japanese Warring Era (1467-1573)-a time when Japan was ruled by three young powerful warlords: Takeda Shingen, Iwagawa Yoshimoto, and Hojo Ujiyasu. The story focuses on Takeda Shingen and his one-eyed, crippled strategist, Yamamoto Kansuke. The brilliant strategies of Kansuke,…

  • Goth : a novel of horror

    A collection of six short stories in which two teens obsessed with murder and torture explore the darker side of human nature.

  • A room where

    Set against the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard tells the story of Ben Isaac, a blond-haired, blue-eyed American youth living with his father at the American consulate in Yokohama. Chafing against his father’s strict authority and the trappings of an America culture that has…

  • In the pool

  • The roof tile of Tempyo

  • Summer, fireworks, and my corpse

    Coming of age… Right after death…

  • Plainsong

    A nameless, ambitionless office worker finds his small apartment gradually invaded by three other people: all younger than himself, but seemingly no less adrift. The year is 1986, and the strange communal life of this foursome, extending over half a year, makes up the plot, such as it is, of Plainsong, as this ersatz family…