Butter / Asako Yuzuki ; translated by Polly Barton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuzuki, Asako, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Barton, Polly (Translator), translator.

Standardized Title:

Butter. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Women cooks--Fiction.

Women cooks.

Women journalists--Fiction.

Women journalists.

Women serial murderers--Fiction.

Women serial murderers.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

452 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : 4th Estate, 2024.

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can't resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzuki's Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

Notes:

Originally published as: Butter. Tokyo : Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd, 2017.

ISBN:

0008679231

9780008679231

9780008511685

0008511683

OCLC:

1396140916

Publisher Number:

99996100490