Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder ― The Cult Japanese Bestseller about a Serial Killer Cook - Couverture souple

Yuzuki, Asako

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ISBN 10 : 0063236419 ISBN 13 : 9780063236417

Editeur : Ecco, 2024

Synopsis

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

The cult Japanese bestseller, a literary thriller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story

There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine.

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back.

Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought?

Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer―the “Konkatsu Killer”―Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Asako Yuzuki was born in Tokyo in 1981. Her English-language debut, Butter, an international bestseller, was named Waterstones Book of the Year 2024 and took home the British Book Awards 2025 Debut Fiction Award. For Hooked, she received the Yamamoto Shūgorō Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ecco
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0063236419
• ISBN 13: 9780063236417
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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