{"product_id":"9780143038634","title":"Piercing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*One of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Ten Works of Literary Horror You Should Read (Even if You Don't Think You Like Horror)\"*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pulsating psycho-thriller from Ryu Murakami, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Miso Soup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA renaissance man for the postmodern age, Ryu Murakami—a musician, filmmaker (\u003ci\u003eTokyo Decadence\u003c\/i\u003e), TV personality, and award-winning author—has gained a cult following in the West. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eAlmost Transparent Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, won Japan’s most coveted literary prize and sold over a million copies, and his most recent psychosexual thriller, \u003ci\u003eIn the Miso Soup\u003c\/i\u003e, gave readers a further taste of his incredibly agile imagination. In \u003ci\u003ePiercing\u003c\/i\u003e, Murakami, in his own unique style, explores themes of child abuse and what happens to the voiceless among us, weaving a disturbing, spare tale of two people who find each other and then are forced into hurting each other deeply because of the haunting specter of their own abuse as children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016076968176,"sku":"9780143038634","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143038634_p0.jpg?v=1763656378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143038634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}