Loop
Koji Suzuki(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-00-721301-6 (ISBN)
Description
Stunning, cutting-edge thriller with a chilling twist from Japan's stylish new literary star, the acclaimed author of 'Ring' and 'Spiral'. Kaoru's father, Hideyuki, is dying. A new, viral, form of cancer is ravaging his body. This nightmarish, incurable disease has appeared apparently from nowhere, and has begun to affect organisms all over the planet. When he was a child, Kaoru and his father would sit up late into the night discussing complex scientific issues. Now a medical student, despite his precocious intelligence Karou seems powerless in the face of the rapacious disease which has probably also infected his mother, and possibly himself. But clues begin to present themselves. Twenty years ago Hideyuki worked on a virtual reality project which replicated evolution on earth called the Loop. The project failed when the organisms within it inexplicably stopped reproducing normally and started cloning. Nearly all of the other scientists who worked on the Loop are already dead -- from cancer. To get to the heart of the mystery, Kaoru must travel to the other side of the planet, to the Mojave desert.
The secret he encounters there overturns everything he thought he knew about the world -- and his own identity. Suzuki masterfully confounds the reader in this suspense-filled follow-up to 'Ring' and 'Spiral' , taking the story in an utterly unexpected direction.
The secret he encounters there overturns everything he thought he knew about the world -- and his own identity. Suzuki masterfully confounds the reader in this suspense-filled follow-up to 'Ring' and 'Spiral' , taking the story in an utterly unexpected direction.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Koji Suzuki: 'The pace doesn't slacken for a moment ! a guaranteed page-turner.' Observer 'Suzuki builds tension brilliantly.' Guardian 'Bristles with menace and fear.' Uncut 'Aptly billed as the Japanese Stephen King.' Publishers Weekly 'Suzuki blends the dispassionate, inquisitive, sometimes terrifying urban character-types to be found in Haruki Murakami's work with the plot mechanics of a Stephen King or Michael Crichton' Kim Newman' IndependentMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-00-721301-6 (9780007213016)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Koji Suzuki is a literary star in his native Japan, where he is also a respected writer on childcare, having brought up two daughters. Ring, the first novel in the trilogy that concludes with Loop, has sold 2.8 million copies to date and spawned a cult Japanese film that is fast becoming a classic, as well as a successful Hollywood remake. Koji Suzuki lives in Tokyo but loves to travel.