Evil and the Mask
- Author Fuminori Nakamura
- Narrator Kirby Heyborne
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 11 June 2013
- Run Time 9 hours and 11 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief—another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity—and the powerful human instinct to resist evil.
When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic father calls him into his study for a meeting. "I created you to be a cancer on the world," his father tells him. It is a tradition in their wealthy family: a patriarch, when reaching the end of his life, will beget one last child to dedicate to causing misery in a world that cannot be controlled or saved. From this point on, Fumihiro will be specially educated to learn to create as much destruction and unhappiness in the world around him as a single person can. Between his education in hedonism and his family's resources, Fumihiro's life is one without repercussions. Every door is open to him, for he need obey no laws and may live out any fantasy he might have, no matter how many people are hurt in the process. But as his education progresses, Fumihiro begins to question his father's mandate, and starts to resist.
Critics Review
“Cryptic detectives, smoky nightclubs, and murky streets in Japanese suburbs add to the noir sensibility. At times bizarre, at times hallucinatory, the story is always provocative.”
“Kirby
Heyborne’s powerful performance conveys the sense of foreboding and
spine-tingling electricity in award-winning Japanese novelist Nakamura’s
second novel. When he is eleven years old, Fumihiro Kuki’s father tells him
he created him to be ‘a cancer on the world.’…As the boy plots and
executes the perfect crime, Heyborne’s pacing is spot-on, and his tone
is just creepy enough to keep listeners riveted. Heyborne delivers each
moment of the complex story with conviction, drawing listeners into
Fumihiro’s lifelong attempts to free himself from his father’s curse.”
“This literary thriller steeps the reader in humanity’s dark nature and the struggle of those who try to resist their own moral corruption. Fans of such Japanese writers as Miyuki Miyabe (Shadow Family), Natsuo Kirino (Out; Grotesque), and Keigo Higashino (The Devotion of Suspect X) will enjoy reading Nakamura.”
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