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Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino

Grotesque

Natsuo Kirino

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 13, 2007

SuspensePsychological FictionJapanese FictionJapan
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Themes
Beauty and cruelty, Sex and violence, Rigid social conventions
Genres
Japanese Fiction, Suspense, Psychological Fiction
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 13, 2007

Who it’s for

  • Readers interested in psychological portraits of women
  • Readers drawn to noir stories about murder and unanswered questions

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Where it sits

Japanese Fiction68%
Psychological Fiction51%
Suspense40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Suspense
Authors
Natsuo Kirino
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
March 13, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Beauty and cruelty · Sex and violence · Rigid social conventions
Reading lane
Literary Fiction