Butter a novel of food and murder
"There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagin...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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New York, New York :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First ecco paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can't resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer -- the “Konkatsu Killer” -- Asako Yuzuki's Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan." -- page four of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in the Japanese language as Butter in Tokyo in 2017 by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd." " English translation originally published in Great Britain in 2024 by 4th Estate." " A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2024 by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers." |
| Physical Description: | 452 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780063236417 0063236419 9780063236400 |
