{"product_id":"9781945054754","title":"The Book of Human Insects","description":"Toshiko  Tomura is a genius; the darling of the intelligentsia. A modern-day  Michelangelo, this twenty year-old is already an established  international stage actress, an up-and-coming architect, and the next  recipient of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize as Japan's best new writer.  Her actions make headlines in the papers, and inspire radio and  television programming. And like many great talents, her troubled past  is what motivates her to greatness. She has the amazing ability to  emulate the talents of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToshiko is also the mastermind  behind a series of murders. The ultimate mimic, she has plagiarized,  blackmailed, stolen and replicated the works of scores of talents. And  now as her star is rising within the world of the elites and powerful  she has amassed a long list of enemies frustrated by the fact that she  has built critical and financial acclaim for nothing more than copying  others' work. Neglected as a child, she is challenging the concepts  of gender inequality while unleashing her loneliness upon the world as  she climbs the social ladder one body at a time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Osamu  Tezuka's most wicked tales, The Book of Human Insects renders the 70's  as a brutal and often polarizing bug-eat-bug world, where only those  willing to sell their soul to the masses and become something less than  human are capable of achieving their wildest dreams","brand":"Kodansha USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163869233392,"sku":"9781945054754","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781945054754_p0.jpg?v=1763794821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781945054754","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}