Cult X
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When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend Ryoko disappears, the only clue to her whereabouts is a former address in the heart of Tokyo — a compound belonging to a shadowy religious group. Desperate to find her, Narazaki infiltrates the cult and discovers a community built on seductive philosophy, absolute obedience, and the charisma of a leader who may be preparing something catastrophic. Fuminori Nakamura's magnum opus plunges into the psychology of extremism with the intellectual ambition of a novelist who refuses to treat fanaticism as simple madness. Dense with philosophical debate and unflinching in its depictions of manipulation, the novel maps how ordinary loneliness becomes fertile ground for radical belief. A sprawling, disturbing thriller about the human need for meaning — and the predators who exploit it.
