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In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through online networks - face-to-face meetings are rare and the surveillance state nearly all-powerful. Even school children are only allowed to meet in the flesh on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering students, the crackdown is harsh. And despite all the safeguards, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls; Mio Tsuzuki, a certified prodigy; Hazuki Makino, a quiet but opinionated classmate; and Ayumi Kono, her best friend. As the girls get caught up in trying to find the killer - who might just be a werewolf - Hazuki learns that there is much more to their monitored communications than meets the eye.
About the Author
Natsuhiko Kyogoku was born in Otaru, Hokkaido, and studied at Kuwasawa Design School. After working at advertising agencies, he established his own design studio. He still works as an art director, designer and bookbinder for various projects. He is also an expert in yokai (Japanese folklore of monsters and ghosts).
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Not what you'd expect
18 July 2010
Format:Paperback
In the U.S., this book is destined to fail.
What you're led to expect is a pulpy horror novel--werewolves, teenage girls, serial killers and a grizzled old cop fighting the system as much as he does crime.
What you get is something very different.
Lups-Garous is much closer to Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf than Universal Studio's Werewolf. It's an existential nightmare with the trappings of the occult set in a near future where human nature, rather than humanity, is struggling to survive.
The young main characters were born just after the end of a twentieth century that they considered decadent, dirty and licentious. They are content to exist in a solitary high-tech world sequestered mostly in homes that are clean, sealed and secure, occasionally venturing out to gather briefly in counseling and "communication" sessions at a local community center. School has given way to self-education and the family has been transformed into a convenient arrangement of guardians and caretakers. The country is close to achieving its ideal of being secure, perfectly ordered and perfectly clean. Even food has been completely replaced by abundant synthetic products--no dirt, no killing.
In spite of the fact that this is a culture where mutual dependence is as unthinkable as violent crime, an unlikely trio of girls, a counselor and a cop are brought together by a series of murders that are increasing in frequency and brutality. Ultimately, their survival depends on overcoming their fear and suspicion of each other (as well as their own true natures) to solve the mystery that is spiraling out to engulf each of their lives.
Like his other recently translated novel, The Summer of the Ubume, Kyogoku's Lups-Garous swings from the coldly cerebral to the deeply emotional. Unlike Ubume, the most important dialogs are internal than external. The story unfolds almost too slowly and the characters start out appearing as flat and colorless as they believe themselves to be. But the plot becomes profoundly complex and the momentum of the story builds to a spectacular and unexpected climax.
Kyogoku is one of the greatest mystery writers in a country that excels in that genre. His unique style may be an acquired taste for some readers, but the plotlines and characters that start out vague and complex will eventually take root and stay with you like the memory of your most unforgettable dreams.
What you're led to expect is a pulpy horror novel--werewolves, teenage girls, serial killers and a grizzled old cop fighting the system as much as he does crime.
What you get is something very different.
Lups-Garous is much closer to Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf than Universal Studio's Werewolf. It's an existential nightmare with the trappings of the occult set in a near future where human nature, rather than humanity, is struggling to survive.
The young main characters were born just after the end of a twentieth century that they considered decadent, dirty and licentious. They are content to exist in a solitary high-tech world sequestered mostly in homes that are clean, sealed and secure, occasionally venturing out to gather briefly in counseling and "communication" sessions at a local community center. School has given way to self-education and the family has been transformed into a convenient arrangement of guardians and caretakers. The country is close to achieving its ideal of being secure, perfectly ordered and perfectly clean. Even food has been completely replaced by abundant synthetic products--no dirt, no killing.
In spite of the fact that this is a culture where mutual dependence is as unthinkable as violent crime, an unlikely trio of girls, a counselor and a cop are brought together by a series of murders that are increasing in frequency and brutality. Ultimately, their survival depends on overcoming their fear and suspicion of each other (as well as their own true natures) to solve the mystery that is spiraling out to engulf each of their lives.
Like his other recently translated novel, The Summer of the Ubume, Kyogoku's Lups-Garous swings from the coldly cerebral to the deeply emotional. Unlike Ubume, the most important dialogs are internal than external. The story unfolds almost too slowly and the characters start out appearing as flat and colorless as they believe themselves to be. But the plot becomes profoundly complex and the momentum of the story builds to a spectacular and unexpected climax.
Kyogoku is one of the greatest mystery writers in a country that excels in that genre. His unique style may be an acquired taste for some readers, but the plotlines and characters that start out vague and complex will eventually take root and stay with you like the memory of your most unforgettable dreams.
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