A psychologically complex story told in a breezy, adolescent way, reminiscent of Bonjour Tristesse. Kirino touches on much deeper issues than unlocking teenage diaries. Reads like Little Women in an acid bath.You wont want to miss it. Kathryn Harrison, The New York Times Book Review Brilliant feminist noir. Review Quotes Disquieting and suspenseful. Psychologically intricate and astute, Real World is a searing, eye-opening portrait of teenage life in Japan unlike any we have seen before. But when he flees, taking Toshis bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within them as well as from the world around them. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her nextdoor neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbors son. Book Synopsis In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. The girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within as well as from the world around them, in this psychologically intricate thriller. About the Book In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenaged girls discover that a neighbor has been murdered.
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