{"product_id":"the-rope-artist-paperback","title":"The Rope Artist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFuminori Nakamura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Bett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo detectives. Two identical women. One dead body-- then two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan's underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing, and sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Togashi, a junior member of the police force, investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor, he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast, Togashi's Sherlock Holmesian colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault, with a stalwart commitment to the truth and nearly superhuman powers of deduction. When Hayama notices a dangerous measure of darkness within Togashi, he embarks on a parallel investigation, which soon spirals out of control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnflinching in its flayed-raw treatment of identity, violence, sexuality, power, the occult, and the divine, The Rope Artist is both viscerally painful and unexpectedly hopeful--a genre homage that shines a light on the most dangerous elements of the human psyche.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuminori Nakamura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977 and graduated from Fukushima University in 2000. He won the 2002 Shinchō Literary Prize for New Writers for his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Gun\u003c\/i\u003e; the Noma New Literary Prize for \u003ci\u003eShade\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004; and the 2005 Akutagawa Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel to be translated into English, won the 2010 Kenzaburo Ōe Prize, was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize, and was a Wall Street Journal Best Fiction of 2012 selection. He also won NoirCon's David L. Goodis Award in 2014, the Bunkamura Dumago prize for \u003ci\u003eMy Annihilation\u003c\/i\u003e in 2016, the Chunichi Cultural Award in 2020, and the Noma Literary Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Line\u003c\/i\u003e in 2024. His novels have been turned into 7 movies and translated into 15 languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Bett \u003c\/b\u003eis a fiction writer and Japanese translator. His translation work has won the Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize and been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.19 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330144866541,"sku":"9781641295697","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/Lf1mhk64Nr9781641295697.webp?v=1784922709","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/the-rope-artist-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}