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by Natsuo Kirino; Stephen Snyder (Translator)


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OUT was awarded the Grand Prix of the Mystery Writers of Japan in 1997-the Asian equivalent of an Edgar.
It is a dynamic example of the work of a new breed of Asian women writers excelling in the smart, hard-nosed, well-written, and realistically plotted mystery novel. Kirino' crime story can stand comparison with the work of other top-notch Western women writers in this genre, like Sarah Paretsky and
Ruth Rendell.
The story-though a bare summary makes it seem merely brutal and bloodthirsty, when it is much more than that-focuses on four women who work together in a lunch-box factory in the suburbs of Tokyo. One of them suffers from spouse abuse and, unable to take it any longer, murders her husband and
appeals to her co-workers to help her dispose of the corpse. One of these friends---the brain behind the coverup-after cutting up the body in the bathroom of her house, has the other two dump it as garbage. The money from the man's life insurance is then divided among them. But this is only the
beginning. The successful, unpremeditated crime and the rewards it brings are the seed of other, premeditated schemes, escalating from one localized use of violence to a rash of similar deeds, with unpredictable outcomes for the women behind them.
As a study in the psychology of domestic repression and the dynamics of violent crime, OUT works on several levels, gripping the reader from its smoldering beginning to the fireburst of its finale.
In hardcover in its original language it sold over 300,000 copies, and a movie version will have its premiere in Tokyo at the end of 2002, with international distribution under discussion.

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  • Title Out
  • Author Natsuo Kirino; Stephen Snyder (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 359
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Kodansha, New York
  • Date 2003
  • ISBN 9784770029058 / 4770029055
  • Weight 1.78 lbs (0.81 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.38 x 9.19 x 1.31 in (16.21 x 23.34 x 3.33 cm)
  • Reading level 820
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author


NATSUO KIRINO was born in Japan in 1951. Her career as a writer began with comics and pulp fiction, but as soon as her serious mystery novels started to appear, they attracted a huge readership. These by now have won her all the top mystery awards in her country, and two have been turned into
full-scale movies. OUT is her first to appear in English.
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