Bullet Train
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$22.07
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2022
Summary
Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? The original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller.
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Satoshi looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is really a viciously cunning psychopath. Kimura’s young son is in a coma thanks to him, and Kimura has tracked him onto the bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka to exact his revenge. But Kimura soon discovers that they are not the only dangerous passengers onboa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529113396 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529113393 |
| Author: | Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Highly original
An entertaining thriller… Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph * The Times *
Unlike anything you’re likely to have read before…white-hot with double-crosses * Financial Times *
Entertaining…high-speed…with lots of twists and turns…it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it. * The Times *
Part high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read – Laura Wilson * Guardian *
The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive? * Daily Mail *
As the body count increases Isaka introduces new characters and juggles the survivors’ storylines adroitly. * Sunday Times *
A highly original take on the locked-room mystery: twisty, funny and horrifying in its examination of organised crime, bullying, bad luck and psychopathy – Natasha Cooper * Literary Review, Books of the Year *
Breakneck pacing, masterful character development, and well-timed comic relief set Isaka’s
pitch-perfect (and seamlessly translated) thriller up for blockbuster status…a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs
Impressive…Isaka keeps the suspense high throughout. Fans of intricate action fiction will be enthralled * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
Myriad twists… a high-octane dark comedy as the body count stacks up. * Straits Times *
About The Author
Kotaro Isaka
Kotaro Isaka (Author)
Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers’ Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and fourteen of his books have been adapted for film or TV. He is the author of the international bestseller Bullet Train, which was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.
Sam Malissa (Translator)
Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.
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