like no one you've ever read before.' Kirkus Reviews ' Out descends beneath the genre's foundation to provide a remarkable series of insights into the forces that drive the charnel house of a postindustrial culture.' American Book Review 'Dark, seductive and occasionally brutal, Out explores the lower classes of Japanese society with a distinctive gallows humor.' Book 'A gutsy, unflinching foray into the darkest, most dangerous recesses of the human soul. Out offers an intriguing look at the darker sides of Japanese society while smashing stereotypes about Japanese women.' Washington Post Book World 'A knuckle-clenching thriller.' Entertainment Weekly 'Grimly satisfying. a novel that realistically shows how ordinary people can be drawn into committing brutal crimes.' - Prize Jury, Mystery Writers of Japan 'Forget about flower arranging and geisha girls. Out has great plot twists, vigor, and an ending that would make Hannibal Lecter smile.' Library Journal (starred review) 'Sensational.' Time Out, NY 'Finally, a masterpiece in this genre. Kirino knows not only everybody's business but everybody's mindher way with interior monologue is pungent and prismatic.' The Village Voice 'Brings the mystery thriller to new levels of intensity and realism. Remarkable.' Los Angeles Times 'Truly a universal tale.

' Carol Memmott, USA Today 'Daring and disturbing, Out is prepared to push the limits of this worldnot only in violence and sex but also in human outlook. No gritty urban American tale of violence can match the horror of Out. Spare, unsentimental.' Newsweek 'So dark, so gruesome. a scathing allegory about the subjugation of women in Japanese society and the secret lives this forces them to lead.' The New York Times 'Masterful and psychologically astute.' San Francisco Chronicle 'A brutally realistic picture of contemporary society. definitely not for the faint-of-heart.' Minneapolis Star-Tribune 'Mingling biting feminist commentary with engrossing storytelling. Like Walter Mosley, exploits the beat-down potential of the hard-boiled novel to depict life on society''s bottom in ways that subtly read as one part social protest, one part sadomasochistic entertainment.' The Village Voice 'A gutsy, unflinching foray into the darkest, most dangerous recesses of the human soul. A potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice.' The New York Times Book Review 'Scarily omniscient. Out has the force of a juicy tabloid scandal.

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