Natsuo Kirino

Out is a 1997 Japanese crime novel written by Japanese author Natsuo Kirino and published in English in 2004. The novel won the 51st Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. It is her first novel to be published in the English language. The book is currently published by Vintage, part of Random House, in Britain …

Grotesque is ostensibly a crime novel by Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino, most famous for her novel Out. It was published in English in 2007, translated by Rebecca Copeland. Publisher Knopf censored the American translation, removing a section involving underage male prostitution, as it was considered too taboo for U. …

Real World is a novel written by Natsuo Kirino. It was published in English by Vintage Books on July 15, 2008. The story describes the lives of four teenage girls: Toshi, Terauchi, Yuzan and Kirarin, and how they deal with Toshi's neighbor Worm, a teenage boy who goes on the run after being accused of murdering his …