{"product_id":"9781421527727","title":"Battle Royale","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan—where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattle Royale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efor the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattle Royale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. blow-by-blow fashion. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattle Royale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haikasoru","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044102979824,"sku":"9781421527727","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421527727_p0.jpg?v=1763741524","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421527727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}