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- 647 pages
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In a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing. Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: 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 until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan—where it became a runaway best seller—Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.
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Battle Royale: Remastered, Koushun Takami
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- Released
- 2017
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Koushun Takami
- Publisher
- Haikasoru
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 647
- ISBN10
- 1421565986
- ISBN13
- 9781421565989
- Series
- Battle Royale
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Comics & Manga, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Manga, Murders, Death, Japan, Asia, Dystopia, Violence, Satire, Survival, Horror Comic Books, Fight, Seinen, Islands, Weapons, Experiments (Science), Schoolchildren, Humorous Sci-Fi
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- In a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing. Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: 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 until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan—where it became a runaway best seller—Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.