Audition
Author: Ryu Murakami
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
American
release date: June 7, 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/Psychological Thriller/192 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★
After seven
years of being alone, widower Aoyama decides, after being prompted by his
fifteen-year-old son Shige, to consider marrying again. However, Aoyama doesn’t know just how
to go about looking for a wife, as he confides to his close friend, Yoshikawa.
Wanting to see his friend happy, Yoshikawa hits on the perfect solution—he’ll announce an
audition for a romantic movie (which may
never get made, but that’s show business, right?), and Aoyama can look
through the resumes that are submitted and select about thirty or so for the
two men to audition for the “role” of Aoyama’s future wife.
One resume in
particular catches Aoyama’s eye, and he barely gives any of the other
applicants the time of day, so intent is he on meeting Yamasaki Asami. And when
he does, she is even more than he could have hoped for. Of course, he has to let
her know she didn’t
get the part, and hope that she won’t be too disappointed.
Is she Aoyama’s next great
love... or a nightmare waiting to happen?
This is my
second book by this author, the first being Piercing.
Both are psychological thrillers which take us deep into the protagonist’s psyche. Audition
is slow-paced, but well worth the time it takes to come to a boil. I’ve seen the
movie, as well, and have to say I like the book just a little bit better,
although the movie is good too. It’s a good read, and well done, and I plan to read
more of this author’s
books. The ending may be too graphic for some, so know that going into it. This
story is not for everyone, but I really liked it.
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