{"product_id":"vlqnugz41pct","title":"Hooked by Asako Yuzuki [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Yuzuki has become the poster girl of a British boom for Japanese fiction’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eELLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Safe to say, we're already hooked'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOPRAH DAILY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN, VOGUE, ELLE, STYLIST, BBC, RADIO TIMES, OPRAH DAILY, THE NIGHTLY and the DAILY EXPRESS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe unmissable new novel of friendship and dangerous obsession from Asako Yuzuki, the award-winning author of the global bestselling sensation Butter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging …\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by a housewife, Shōko. Shōko’s posts about eating convenience store food and her untidy home are the opposite of the typical Japanese housewife’s manicured lifestyle. When Eriko tracks Shōko down at her favourite restaurant and befriends her, Shōko is at first charmed by her new companion. But as Eriko’s obsession with Shōko deepens, her increasingly possessive behaviour starts to raise suspicion. As Eriko’s carefully laid plans begin to unravel, how far will she go to hold on to the best friend that she’s ever had?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautifully translated by Polly Barton, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHooked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a thrilling and unsettling story of the line between friendship and dangerous obsession. A delicious exploration of food, loneliness and womanhood in contemporary Japan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHooked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together all the ingredients for which Asako Yuzuki is so adored.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Dark, spiny and slippery, this haunting tale of loneliness and longing in the modern age will leave you gasping’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e TOBI COVENTRY, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHe’s the Devil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48468506509562,"sku":"VLQNUGZ41PCT","price":487.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/VLQNUGZ41PCT-1.jpg?v=1774155902","url":"https:\/\/versoz.com\/products\/vlqnugz41pct","provider":"versoz.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}