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LOUPS-GAROUS Kindle Edition

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku (Author), Anne Ishii (Translator)

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In the near future, humans communicate almost exclusively through monitors connected to online networks--face-to-face meetings are rare and the surveillance state nearly all-powerful. Even school children are only allowed to meet in the flesh in designated communication centers. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high students, the crackdown is harsh. And despite all the safeguards, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Mio Tsuzuki, a certified prodigy; Hazuki Makino, a quiet but opinionated classmate; and Ayumi Kono, her best friend. As the girls get caught up in trying to find the killer--who just might be a werewolf--Hazuki learns that there is much more to virtual reality than meets the eye.

About the author:
Natsuhiko Kyogoku was born in Otaru, Hokkaido, and studied at Kuwasawa Design School. After working at advertising agencies, he established his own design studio. He still works as art director, designer, and bookbinder for various projects. He is also an expert in yokai (Japanese folklore of monsters and ghosts). His novel, The Summer of the Ubume, was published in English in 2009.

Length: 450 pages

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Product Details

File Size: 1274 KB
Print Length: 450 pages
Publisher: Haikasoru/VIZ Media (December 20, 2010)
Publication Date: December 20, 2010
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004GXB57O
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- #7983 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction
- #8207 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic
- #11465 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

Not what you'd expect

By R. Getter on July 17, 2010

Format: Paperback

In the U.S., this book is destined to fail.

What you're led to expect is a pulpy horror novel--werewolves, teenage girls, serial killers and a grizzled old cop fighting the system as much as he does crime.

What you get is something very different.

Lups-Garous is much closer to Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf than Universal Studio's Werewolf. It's an existential nightmare with the trappings of the occult set in a near future where human nature, rather than humanity, is struggling to survive.

The young main characters were born just after the end of a twentieth century that they considered decadent, dirty and licentious. They are content to exist in a solitary high-tech world sequestered mostly in homes that are clean, sealed and secure, occasionally venturing out to gather briefly in counseling and "communication" sessions at a local community center. School has given way to self-education and the family has been transformed into a convenient arrangement of guardians and caretakers. The country is close to achieving its ideal of being secure, perfectly ordered and perfectly clean. Even food has been completely replaced by abundant synthetic products--no dirt, no killing.

In spite of the fact that this is a culture where mutual dependence is as unthinkable as violent crime, an unlikely trio of girls, a counselor and a cop are brought together by a series of murders that are increasing in frequency and brutality. Ultimately, their survival depends on overcoming their fear and suspicion of each other (as well as their own true natures) to solve the mystery that is spiraling out to engulf each of their lives.Read more ›

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Excellent story, best if you don't translate the title first

By k. hansen on June 25, 2012

Format: Kindle Edition

Excellent story, really riveting and keeps you engrossed in what is happening. I didn't translate the title until later and it was better that way. I also appreciated how it made me look at my tablet in a new way.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

The right elements, good intentions, but heavy-handed, belabored execution. Not recommended

By Juushika on November 19, 2013

Format: Paperback

In the near future, humans, even children, communicate almost exclusively through computers; real world meetings are rare and state surveillance is common. This should make murder nearly impossible, but the serial killings of Japanese youth catch the interest of a group of female students, their counselor, and a wayward policeman. This is a murder mystery with supernatural themes and an intelligently constructed futuristic setting; the intent is strong but the execution is poor. What Loups-Garous lacks is immersion, a willingness to throw the reader into the story despite the strange setting. The world is thoughtfully developed but over-explained; like Glukhovsky's Metro 2033, almost all dialog is appropriated for detailed worldbuilding, and the awkward translation makes this even more clumsy and unbelievable. The plot has a satisfying complexity, but it's padded by so much exposition that the book is frequently a slog; the climax has better pacing but a comically large scale. What Loups-Garous does well is intriguing and even haunting: its supernatural elements are largely metaphors but they're effective ones, finding the animal that lingers within mankind's hyper-industrialized, artificial world. But the book needs to trust the reader, cut out a hundred pages, and let the world--and its demons--speak for themselves. As it is, I appreciate the effort but don't recommend Loups-Garous.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Loups-Garous

By Amazon Customer on January 25, 2013

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10 seems about right.
I very much enjoyed this book. Slow start but really good, fast finish. Love the characters.
No, this book isn't for everyone. A little cerebral in a semantic-philosophic way. But I sure would like a good Japanese production company to make this into an anime or a live-action movie. Not, God forbid, Hollywood and pleasepleaseplease not Disney, ever.

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