Four twentysomethings watch the world swirl around their Tokyo apartment in Shuichi Yoshida's Parade.
First the roomies think something strange is going on in the next apartment, and then we learn women are getting attacked in the neighborhood. These stories unfold slowly, from each roommates' point of view.
Unfortunately the first mystery unravels rather unceremoniously, and the second takes a sharp left turn in the last pages of the book. Both are pretty low-wattage and didn't do much for me.
However, as a portrait of largely disaffected young people and their various entanglements, I was interested throughout. Billed more as a thriller, it is really a slice of life story. If that is of interest, I would seek Yoshida out.
I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
First the roomies think something strange is going on in the next apartment, and then we learn women are getting attacked in the neighborhood. These stories unfold slowly, from each roommates' point of view.
Unfortunately the first mystery unravels rather unceremoniously, and the second takes a sharp left turn in the last pages of the book. Both are pretty low-wattage and didn't do much for me.
However, as a portrait of largely disaffected young people and their various entanglements, I was interested throughout. Billed more as a thriller, it is really a slice of life story. If that is of interest, I would seek Yoshida out.
I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
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