a pulsating psychothriller from ryu murakami author of in the miso soupa renaissance man for the postmodern age ryu murakamia musician filmmaker tokyo decadence tv personality and awardwinning authorhas gained a cult following in the west his first novel almost transparent blue won japans most coveted literary prize and sold over a million copies and his most recent psychosexual thriller in the miso soup gave readers a further taste of his incredibly agile imagination in piercing murakami in his own unique style explores themes of child abuse and what happens to the voiceless among us weaving a disturbing spare tale of two people who find each other and then are forced into hurting each other deeply because of the haunting specter of their own abuse as children