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Bullet train : a novel

Isaka, Kōtarō 1971- (author.). Malissa, Sam, (translator.).

Record details

ISBN: 1419756338
ISBN: 9781419756337
ISBN: 1419756338 : HRD
ISBN: 9781419756337 : HRD
ISBN: 1419756338
ISBN: 9781419756337
Physical Description: 415 pages ; 24 cm
print
Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:

First published in Japan in 2010 by Kadokawa with the title Maria Bītoru.

"Soon to be a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Joey King" --cover.

Summary, etc.:

A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins--soon to be a major film from Sony. Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Risk fuels him, as does a good philosophical debate...like, is killing really wrong? Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear.