Astunning new work of feminist noir the genre Natsuo Kirino has defined andmade her own in Out and Grotesque In a crowded Tokyo suburb four teenagegirls wade in... » 

Astunning new work of feminist noir the genre Natsuo Kirino has defined andmade her own in Out and Grotesque In a crowded Tokyo suburb four teenagegirls wade indifferently through a hot smoggy summer. When one of them Toshidiscovers that her nextdoor neighbor has been brutally murdered the girlssuspect the neighbors son. And when he flees taking Toshis bike and cellphone with him the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that risefrom within as well as from the world around them. Psychologically intricateReal World is a searing eyeopening portrait of teenage life in Japan unlikeany we have seen before. «