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464 Seiten; 30 mm x 130 mm
Sprache English
2022 Random House UK; Vintage
ISBN 978-1-5291-1339-6
Besprechung
An entertaining thriller... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph The Times
Langtext
Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? The original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller.
SHORTLISTED FOR A CWA DAGGER AWARD
Satoshi looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is really a viciously cunning psychopath. Kimura's young son is in a coma thanks to him, and Kimura has tracked him onto the bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka to exact his revenge. But Kimura soon discovers that they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard.
Nanao, the self-proclaimed 'unluckiest assassin in the world', and the deadly partnership of Tangerine and Lemon are also travelling to Morioka. A suitcase full of money leads others to show their hands. Why are they all on the same train, and who will get off alive at the last station?
Don't miss the next thrilling Kotaro Isaka book, HOTEL LUCKY SEVEN, available to pre-order now.
'A locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph' The Times
'A high-octane thriller... Thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian
Readers can't stop reading Bullet Train!
'Original, quirky and highly entertaining'
'A dark-humoured, twisty thriller that's a lot of fun'
'One of the most addictive thrillers I've ever read... smart and cinematic'
'What an original novel! Exciting from beginning to end'
'A whole lot of darkly comic fun'
'A thrilling ride'
Bullet Train was originally published in Japan with the title Maria Beetle.
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers' Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and fourteen of his books have been adapted for film or TV. He is the author of the international bestseller Bullet Train, which was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.
Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.
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