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DescriptionOne night in Tokyo, four healthy teenagers die simultaneously of heart failure. A journalist, Asakawa, is drawn to the inexplicable case and starts to investigate, only to discover that the four watched a videotape together exactly one week before dying. When the journalist watches the tape himself, and is warned that he too has only one week to live unless he can decipher the tape's hidden message, his work to solve the mystery takes on a deadly urgency. Chillingly told and shrewdly intelligent, Ring is a masterful mystery and a sensuously literary post-modern trip that will simultaneously horrify and delight all fans of the film, which has grossed [pound]6 million in the UK alone since its opening weekend. Reviews"Anyone curious in how the Japanese see themselves will find this book a fascinating, and ultimately highly disturbing, experience." - "Publishers Weekly" Author descriptionKoji Suzuki is a respected authority on childrearing and has written numerous works on the subject. He acquired his expertise when he was still a struggling writer and househusband. In 1990, his first full-length work, Rakuen (Paradise), won the Japan Fantasy Novel Award and launched his career as a fiction writer. Ring, written with a baby on his lap, is the first book in his wildly successful trilogy that includes Spiral and Loop. Often called the "Stephen King of Japan", Susuki has played a crucial role in establishing mainstream credentials for horror novels in his country. He lives in Tokyo. |