“The Kingdom offers another sample of Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura's heady blend of disaffected philosophy and noir suspense.” —Shelf Awareness “Nakamura has described The Kingdom as a sister novel to The ThiefEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. The Kingdom [Fuminori Nakamura] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Kingdom. · The Kingdom, a 'sister novel' to Fuminori Nakamura's masterful crime novel The Thief, tells a story of shady underworld of gangsters, criminal activities, double crossing through the viewpoint of a lone freelancer prostitute, who helps her boss to blackmail wealthy and powerful men after she takes photos of those men in indecent poses and/or hanging out in love hotel with sex workers.3/5.
Soho Crime, REVIEWED BY GABINO IGLESIAS — While most contemporary crime writers attempt to breathe fresh air into the tropes of the genre, Japanese noir wunderkind Fuminori Nakamura is writing some of the most unique noir narratives by leaving the tropes and expectations of the genre to the side and tackling it from a plethora of different angles. In The Kingdom, which he describes as. Listen to The Kingdom by Fuminori Nakamura with a free trial.\nListen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Yurika is a freelancer in the Tokyo underworld. She poses as a prostitute; carefully targeting powerful, high-profile men—who she then drugs and takes incriminating photos of to sell for blackmail purposes. Nakamura's stories, however labelled, are memorable forays into uncomfortable terrain." (Mystery Scene) "This slim, icy, outstanding thriller, reminiscent of Muriel Spark and Patricia Highsmith, should establish Fuminori Nakamura as one of the most interesting Japanese crime novelists at work today.".
Fuminori Nakamura, Kalau Almony (Translation) avg rating — ratings — published — 8 editions. The Kingdom is dark and strangely seductive. It explores the lives of a group of individuals who live outside societal norms and who possess unique moral compasses. As with all previous novels, Nakamura pushes against the boundaries of crime fiction here, and he does while pushing readers into uncomfortable terrain. The Kingdom; By: Fuminori Nakamura; Narrated by: Lucie Kondo; Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins Unabridged Audiobook.
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