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The award-winning debut novel by Japanese noir master Fuminori Nakamura, translated into English for the first time.

From the moment university student Nishikawa spots the gun next to the dead man he's stumbled across on a nighttime walk, the world around him blurs. The gun - loaded with four bullets - brings an intoxicating sense of excitement to his life. But soon merely possessing the gun is not enough. He must shoot it.

Fuminori Nakamura's presence in the US has been steadily increasing since Soho's first publication of The Thief. A young, exciting Japanese author who has won Japan's prestigious Oe Prize (The Thief), Akutagawa Prize (The Boy in the Earth), and Shincho Literary Prize (A Gun). Nakamura's books always get great review coverage.

©2003 Fuminori Nakamura (P)2015 Recorded Books Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Thief
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I liked the believability of the basic premise, that a chance discovery of an inanimate object should wholly transform - and ultimately destroy - a person’s life. And also that the person in question was already damaged from his own upbringing made it so much more believable… The back stories of those around him, while sensibly not over-developed, still give enough detail to create a full image and understanding of their own motives and issues. A great listen…

So engaging.

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