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Out

  • 388 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2003
  • 8 editions

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1 About this book

Out (アウト) is a 1997 Japanese crime novel written by Japanese author Natsuo Kirino and published in English in 2004. The novel won the 51st Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. It is Kirino's first novel to be published in the English language. This novel is currently published by Vintage, part of Random House, in Britain and has been translated into English by Stephen Snyder. The English translation was nominated for the 2004 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

The Japanese film adaptation of Out, directed by Hirayama Hideyuki, was released in 2002 to generally tepid reviews. According to Variety (on-line edition), New Line Cinema has purchased the rights for an American version, to be directed by Nakata Hideo (Ring, Ring 2).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a thriller and a mystery.

  • Tokyo (japan)
  • Crime
  • Thrillers
  • Mystery
  • Japan
  • Social conditions

2 About Natsuo Kirino

Born 1951

Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.

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