Battle royale : the novel

Battle royale The novel

Koushun Takami

Book - 2010

With unemployment at an all-time high and violence amongst school children almost out of control, the Japanese government introduces the "Battle Royale Act." A randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death. One pupil only is allowed to survive as proof of the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to end the violence.

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Subjects
Junior high school students > Fiction.
Allegories.
Bildungsromans.
Survival > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Reality television programs > Fiction.
Published
San Francisco : Haikasoru 2010.
Language
English
Japanese
Main Author
Koushun Takami (-)
Other Authors
Yuji Oniki (-)
Edition
2nd ed
Item Description
"Foreword by Max Allan Collins; newly revised text; interview with director Kinji Fukasaku; new in-depth author afterword"--Cover.
Physical Description
xii, 608 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781421527727
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