num_pages: 467
description: Two prostitutes are murdered in Tokyo.Twenty years previously both women were educated at the same elite school for young ladies, and had seemingly promising futures ahead of them.But in a world of dark desire and vicious ambition, for both women, prostitution meant power. Grotesque is a masterful and haunting thriller, a chilling exploration of women's secret lives in modern day Japan.
language: English
title: Grotesque
titlecomplete: Grotesque
genres: Fiction, Asia, Mystery, Thriller, Japan, Horror, Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Contemporary, Crime
ratings_count: 11925
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Izumi Kyoka Prize
publisher: Vintage