Hooked

Praise for Hooked:

‘Deliciously satisfying’ iPaper

‘A psychological thriller with a social commentary bite … an uncomfortable yet strangely gripping read … enjoyable and addictive’ Independent

‘Translated with crackling verve by Polly Barton … The unrolling suspense compels, as does the deep dive into both characters and their motives’ Guardian

‘A story I could not put down’ Standard

‘I was practically reading through my fingers … I enjoyed the worldly wisdom and the neon-and-fast-food atmosphere’ Daily Mail

‘Subtle, original and thought-provoking … stayed with me for weeks after I had finished it’ Irish Times

‘Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’ Elle

‘You can’t fail to be reeled in by Asako Yuzuki’s luminous prose’ Service95

‘Tremendous … stays in your head long after you close it’ The Gloss

‘I’d recommend adding it to your reading lists immediately’ Daily Express

‘The kind of book you press into your friends’ hands, desperate to dissect it’ Erin Kelly, author of The House of Mirrors

‘Had me in a headlock. No one writes about the hidden depths and lurking monstrosities of womanhood quite like Asako Yuzuki’ Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

‘A brilliant, shocking, unforgettable page turner … I couldn’t stop reading’ Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia

‘A razor-edged story about women, appetite, and what we’ll do to feel chosen … Safe to say, we’re already hooked’ Oprah Daily

‘A thrilling and deliciously sharp examination of the extremes of female friendship. Achingly tender and wickedly funny’ Edel Coffey, author of In Glass Houses

‘Dark, tender and unforgettable’ Jane Casey, author of The Secret Room

‘The most stressful fun I’ve ever had reading a book’ Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me at the Surface

‘I loved this intense and claustrophobic story of loneliness, identity and obsession’ Lucy Diamond, author of The Island Getaway

‘This haunting tale of loneliness and longing in the modern age will leave you gasping’ Tobi Coventry, author of He’s the Devil

Asako Yuzuki was born in Tokyo in 1981. She won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers for her story, ‘Forget Me, Not Blue’, which appeared in her debut, Shuuten No Anoko, published in 2010. She won the Yamamoto Shugoro Award in 2015 for Nile Perch No Joshikai. She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoko Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio and film.