A book about the disenfranchised youth of modern Japan.
Where values of old and newer values are totally different and will
drag the reader kicking and screaming into realisation that all is
not what it seems in the neat and structured society of
Japan.
Lui, a 19-year old girl, meets Ama, a street punk in a bar. She is
fascinated by his forked tongue and immediately moves in with him.
She then gets her tongue pierced to work her way towards a forked
tongue like his.
Somewhere along the line, she meets his friend, Shiba, a tattoo
artist. She gets him to tattoo a Kirin for her. The payment is
brutal and leads the three into a terrible love triangle.
A violent encounter in the street one night, changes
everything.
Love and Hate, Pain and Pleasure, Anger and Happiness, Good and
Evil all become entangled and one loses the ability to tell which
is real.
I would say it is essential reading for those who seek to know what
is lying underneath the surface of things.
Recommended: 4 out of 5
