num_pages: 180
description: It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires. Although Kenji is far from innocent himself, he unwillingly descends with Frank into an inferno of evil, from which only his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Jun, can possibly save him.
language: English
title: In the Miso Soup
titlecomplete: In the Miso Soup
genres: Fiction, Asia, Mystery, Thriller, Japan, Horror, Japanese Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Crime
ratings_count: 29300
places: Japan, Tokyo
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Yomiuri Prize 読売文学賞
category: Fiction
publisher: Kodansha USA