Grotesque John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1987) only to find it’s actually

only to find it’s actually things like connection and meaning

and emotion

ranging from his own backyard to some of the most difficult and dangerous places on Earth

More than any other modern writer in world literature

sexually and spiritually omnivorous

Grotesque John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1987) only to find it’s actuallyTwo prostitutes are murdered in Tokyo. Twenty years previously both women were educated at the same elite school for young ladies, and had seemingly promising futures ahead of them. But in a world of dark desire and vicious ambition, for both women, prostitution meant power. Grotesque is a masterful and haunting thriller, a chilling exploration of women's secret lives in modern day Japan.