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Geoff Sugiyama
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**NOW A MAJOR FILM - ALL OF US STRANGERS - STARRING PAUL MESCAL, CLAIRE FOY, ANDREW SCOTT AND JAMIE BELL**
'Deeply satisfying. . . a wonderful study of grief and isolation.' Daily Mail
'A sharp, chilling contemporary ghost story.' The Scotsman
'Powerful.' Guardian
'Sexy, insightful and frequently funny.' Irish Examiner
Middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter Harada returns one night to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up. There, at the theatre, he meets a likable man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada's ordeal, as he's thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they had died so many years before.
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- Maxine
- 26-03-24
Could not stop listening
Really engaging. Kept me up at night because I couldn’t stop listening. I wanted a story to escape into and this was perfect.
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- Wowbagger_The_Third
- 11-10-24
Whimsical
Enjoyed listening to this and felt it had moments of poignancy but was engaging and treated the subject matter with a lightness of tone that enhances the story
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- Anonymous User
- 15-06-24
Gripping exploration of grief
A story exploring themes of grief, loss and love told in a beautifully gripping way.
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- Julie
- 23-03-24
I enjoyed this very different book
This book was unusually sad for me & very deep, having lost my parents very young It helped me imagine seeing them & being with them again. I had thought Kaye may have been saved at the parents accident & May have been his sister with the burns on her. It was very thought provoking &such a different kind of story. I was so sad when he had to say bye to his parents again. A really really interesting read. Thank You.
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- Ms. C. Beynon
- 12-06-24
weird
a bit simplistic for me, I prefer more of a story. it's a touch boring
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- Eloise
- 01-07-24
Great voice actor
Good book but great voice actor—lovely tone of voice and reading, and good character voice differentiations. I have friends that read the paperback and I think, for me, the actor added an extra level to the story that made me enjoy it more than I might have.
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- fiona thorogood
- 12-09-24
Unusual brilliant story
An unusual and curious story that had me hooked. Enjoyed the japanese culture. Loved the characters and narration.
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- barpolo
- 01-10-24
Nothing like the film
I was drawn to this book as I enjoyed the ‘All of Us Strangers’ I now realise the film was very loosely based on this story. However, it helped me to understand parts of the film that were difficult for me. Basically, the characters and much of the storyline are very different. It was interestingly enjoyable none the less ,with a more definite ending.
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- Maeve Maclean
- 05-03-24
A good gripping read
A good contemporary ghost story, atmospheric and sad, I found it quite gripping. Would recommend
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- chris
- 18-07-24
A WELL WRITTEN DARK STORY
When jaded 48-year-old scriptwriter Harada visits Tokyo's old entertainment district where he grew up, he encounters a likeable working man who is the spitting image of his dead father. Lonely, nostalgic, and willing to believe the unbelievable, Harada follows the mysterious man, embarking on a bittersweet journey into the womb of a city whose living inhabitants have perhaps changed too rapidly and lost their souls.While the visits to his parents seem invigorating to Harada, his beautiful and strangely vulnerable neighbor Kei insists that he stop seeing them for his own good. A battle for the soul - Harada's, a tired city's - ensues in this thinking man's ghost story.
This surprised me. It reads as a tender love story and awakening. But as the narrative plays out things take a very dark turn. I have not seen the movie adaptation therefore I cannot compare, but I do recommend this audio and Geoff Sugiyama's narration is flawless.
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