Tokyo Decadence

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Stories that expose the underside of Tokyo's surface order — the sex clubs, the power games, the moments when bourgeois propriety drops away and something rawer takes its place. Ryu Murakami's short fiction ranges from the disturbing stories that inspired the film Topaz to quieter, more unexpected pieces that show a writer capable of tenderness as well as transgression. This collection is not a greatest-hits compilation but a map of Murakami's range — the clinical observation, the dark humour, the willingness to follow human appetite into rooms most writers would refuse to enter. For readers who think they know Ryu Murakami from his novels: these stories reveal sides of the writer that even his most committed fans may not expect.