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The Rope Artist: Library Edition Audio CD – Unabridged, May 2, 2023

by Fuminori Nakamura (Author), Brian Nishii (Narrator), Kurt Kanazawa (Narrator),
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
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The aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir.

Two detectives. Two identical women. One dead body—then two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan’s underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing, and sacrifice.

As Togashi, a junior member of the police force, investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor, he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast, Togashi’s Sherlock Holmesian colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault, with a stalwart commitment to the truth and nearly superhuman powers of deduction. When Hayama notices a dangerous measure of darkness within Togashi, he embarks on a parallel investigation, which soon spirals out of control.

Unflinching in its flayed-raw treatment of identity, violence, sexuality, power, the occult, and the divine, The Rope Artist is both viscerally painful and unexpectedly hopeful—a genre homage that shines a light on the most dangerous elements of the human psyche.

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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Recorded Books
  3. Publication date
    May 2, 2023
  4. ISBN-10
    1705088872
  5. ISBN-13
    978-1705088876
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Recorded Books; Unabridged edition (May 2, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1705088872
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1705088876
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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Sam Bett

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Writer of fiction and translator of Japanese into English, specializing in novels, fashion and the arts.

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3.6 out of 5 stars
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Jenny Zhang
4.0 out of 5 stars Not for the pearl-clutchers, this dark thriller features extensive explicit sex
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
This is a murder mystery about obsession, about the destruction of ego, the loss of a personality and the finding of one, interwoven with unexpected philosophical and religious themes in Japanese bondage. To be honest, this was not my typical book - I do not seek out explicit books at all but rather I have been reading through all books of this author. The themes of this book are somewhat similar to my Annihilation, the sex is much much more graphic than The Kingdom. As far as a mystery and crime goes, it is very 2-3 star, but the strength of this book like all the author’s works is the dark psychological underpinnings. You always feel like his protagonists are spiraling down some dark psychological hellhole and this book is no different. The writing has his characteristic mesmerizing style.

I feel like most adults can definitely read this but if you are at all uncomfortable with sex, it is a skip. There is very frequent and very graphic depictions of explicit sadomaschism and bondage but for me, at least, that’s just the context/background for the urban noir psychological thriller
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C. Nauer
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put It Down
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
I was drawn in by the summary alone, and the book was much the same. I just couldn't put it down. The slow unfolding of mystery, intrigue, corruption, and the meaning of rope artistry...I was hooked! Excellently and interestingly written book.
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