Battle Royale (Gollancz S.F.)
Publisher: Gollancz; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: Aug 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780575080492
Description: A class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided with weapons and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic.