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This book rocked my world. It's a 5 star read for me but it is not for everyone. Winner of Japan's Grand Prix Award for Crime Fiction, there is nothing conventional about this story. Reader beware- there are details on hacking up a corpse, misogyny in the Japanese workplace, women in dead end factory jobs, awful marriages, prostitution, the yakuza, loan sharking, rape, murder and the spiraling unintended consequences of some very ordinary women. This was my first foray into Japanese crime writing and I cannot remember who recommended this one to me, but I am so glad I read this.