false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586117m/14289.jpg 14289 11 A surreal coming-of-age tale that establishes Ryu Murakami as one of the most inventive young writers in the world today. <br><br>Abandoned at birth in adjacent train station lockers, two troubled boys spend their youth in an orphanage and with foster parents on a semi-deserted island before finally setting off for the city to find and destroy the women who first rejected them. Both are drawn to an area of freaks and hustlers<br>called Toxitown. One becomes a bisexual rock singer, star of this exotic demimonde, while the other, a pole vaulter, seeks his revenge in the company of his girlfriend, Anemone, a model who has converted her condominium into a tropical swamp for her pet crocodile. <br><br>Together and apart, their journey from a hot metal box to a stunning, savage climax is a brutal funhouse ride through the eerie landscape of late-twentieth-century Japan. 16345 1984 Coin Locker Babies total:592|5:184|4:208|3:141|2:42|1:17| 592 2276 866 79 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 12:07:48 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 12:50:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:18:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 20:07:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 19 19:42:09 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 19 19:44:52 -0800 2006 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Dec 05 13:32:48 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 13:33:52 -0800 2007
Didn't find any of the characters particularly compelling, wasn't really interested in finding out what was going to happen with the plot. Didn't finish the book.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 20:01:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 06:49:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 10 10:38:46 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 21:08:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 07 02:17:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 02:18:22 -0700 2008 Ben voilà le livre qu'il vous faut. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 00:34:17 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 01:59:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Jan 20 06:41:15 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 06:41:15 -0800 2008
For thirty years, Japan has waited for someone to step up and fill the rather sizable shoes left by Yukio Mishima when he committed suicide after a failed attempt at a coup d'etat. It seems that Ryu Murakami has finally stepped up for the jo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 10:00:45 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 10:00:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 01 18:40:53 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 23:50:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 15 01:08:19 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 01:08:34 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 true true Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:52:39 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:54:23 -0800 2009 1
Also, I never expected to feel genuine...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 09:59:13 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 10 08:04:13 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:59:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jan 20 14:06:46 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:16:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 21:56:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:35:18 -0800 2009 It became less interesting as it went along, the effect of it's description of the gross being numbed over time. It's disappointing because the beginning was so good. Then, it just goes on an...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 09 11:05:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:06:28 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jul 07 11:10:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:15:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Dec 27 08:08:48 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 08:14:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 14:12:17 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 08:06:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14289