East Asian Literary Fiction

Goth

by Otsuichi

Morino is obsessed with brutal murders, and her town is a magnet for serial killers. She and a classmate pursue investigations with reckless intensity, plunging into darkness. Otsuichi delivers a chilling, unsettling portrait of morbid fascination and the violence lurking beneath everyday life.

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