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Out kirino book5/9/2023 These women are first brought together by the soul-crushing work on the nightshift at a bento-box factory, but are quickly bonded by something far more sinister. The oldest, Yoshie, is driven by desperation and Kuniko, the weakest link, by greed and an overinflated opinion of herself. Then there is Masako, the ringleader of their defacto group, a woman with a mysterious past and enough composure to dispose of the body. It’s the story of four women brought together by an act of spontaneous violence whose lives will never be the same.įirst is Yayoi, who started it all when she strangled her abusive husband to death as he stooped to take off his shoes. In Out, Natsuo Kirino takes us to the city’s underbelly, where desperate housewives rub elbows with loan sharks, pimps, and yakuza. When most of us think about Tokyo, we imagine a glistening, modern city: bustling crowds, tall buildings, and flashing lights. Though when the time came, you had to be willing to accept the fact that you, too, would be thrown out with the rest.” “Garbage was a natural by-product of human life, and it was nobody else’s business what got thrown away or who did the throwing.
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