Book
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- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
Bullet train : a novel
Call Number
- THRILLER ISAK (CEN)
Publication Information
New York : The Overlook Press, 2021.
Physical Description
415 pages ; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Risk fuels him, as does a good philosophical debate...like, is killing really wrong? Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear. Who will make it off the train alive--and what awaits them at the last stop?
Notes
"First published in Japan in 2010 by Kadokawa with the title Maria Bītoru."--Title page verso.
"Soon to be a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Joey King" --Jacket.