The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura, _Cult X_ is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend, Ryoko, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of a private detective he'
Cult X
โ Scribed by Fuminori Nakamura
- Publisher
- Kalau Almony, Soho Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
**The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura,Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection.
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When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend, Ryoko, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of a private detective he's hired to find her. Ryoko's past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address where she lived: in a compound in the heart of Tokyo, with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru's brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn't what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence beneath its surface.
Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what...
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