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Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies

Dark, surreal journey of abandonment and revenge.

"Coin Locker Babies" might resonate with you if you're drawn to the darker and more surreal side of storytelling. Ryu Murakami weaves a vivid tapestry of two lives marred by a grim beginning, plunging readers into the underbelly of Tokyo. Its unflinching exploration of trauma and the search for identity in the chaos of Toxitown is bound to leave a lasting impression.

  • Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞 for New Face Prize (1981)
  • Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Japanese Novel (1981)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781908968470
Authors: Ryū Murakami
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Date of Publication: 2013-05-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Contemporary, Horror
Related Topics: Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.8
(rated by 9618 readers)

Description

A surreal coming-of-age tale that establishes Ryu Murakami as one of the most inventive young writers in the world today. Abandoned at birth in adjacent train station lockers, two troubled boys spend their youth in an orphanage and with foster parents on a semi-deserted island before finally setting off for the city to find and destroy the women who first rejected them. Both are drawn to an area of freaks and hustlers called Toxitown. One becomes a bisexual rock singer, star of this exotic demimonde, while the other, a pole vaulter, seeks his revenge in the company of his girlfriend, Anemone, a model who has converted her condominium into a tropical swamp for her pet crocodile. Together and apart, their journey from a hot metal box to a stunning, savage climax is a brutal funhouse ride through the eerie landscape of late-twentieth-century Japan.
 

Dark, surreal journey of abandonment and revenge.

"Coin Locker Babies" might resonate with you if you're drawn to the darker and more surreal side of storytelling. Ryu Murakami weaves a vivid tapestry of two lives marred by a grim beginning, plunging readers into the underbelly of Tokyo. Its unflinching exploration of trauma and the search for identity in the chaos of Toxitown is bound to leave a lasting impression.

  • Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞 for New Face Prize (1981)
  • Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Japanese Novel (1981)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.