A future, dystopian Japan holds an annual national game in which an entire middle school class is placed on an island, given a variety of weapons, and instructed to kill one another. The last one standing will be the winner. Mark Dacascos’s young-sounding voice captures the naïveté of the kids as they’re cast into extreme circumstances and forced to confront not only one another but also their own fundamental emotions of trust and fear. This young adult novel will remind listeners of THE LORD OF THE FLIES or THE HUNGER GAMES wherein preteens are forced into choices most adults couldn’t abide. Dacascos’s characterizations dramatize the characters’ anxieties and underscore the dark side of humankind. F.T. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Battle Royale
In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Fliesfor the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. blow-by-blow fashion. Battle Royale is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English.
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Battle Royale
In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Fliesfor the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. blow-by-blow fashion. Battle Royale is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English.
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BN ID: | 2940171176570 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date: | 09/04/2012 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 1,151,541 |
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