'Races at breakbeck speed... A genuinely shocking and grisly climax ... A highly compulsive, one-sitting read' - Irvine Welsh, Guardian
Since the death of his wife seven years ago, documentary-maker Aoyama has not dated anyone. Now even his teenage son, Shige, thinks that he should remarry, and his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan: to hold fake film auditions from which he can choose a new bride. Of the thousands who apply, it is a beautiful ballerina, Yamasaki Asami, who captivates Aoyama. Infatuated by her fragile nature and nervous smile, he ignores his increasing sense of unease about his new love until it may be too late...
In Audition, Ryu Murakami delivers his most subtly disturbing novel yet, confirming him as Japan's master of the psycho-thriller.
'Sex, blood and the media (shaken violently)... in the Bret Easton Ellis/Chuck Palahniuk mode' Daily Telegraph
'A serious shocker - an inside-out romance' Independent
Praise for PIERCING
'Creepy and gripping' The Times
'A haunting Japanese version of a David Lynch nightmare' Guardian
'Little short of immaculate... memorable and laudable' Sunday Telegraph
