Then Kirino details the back-breaking caregiving Yoshie does for her mother-in-law, and all about her feckless daughters.
We learn about how Yayoi and her husband started dating. Kirino also spends substantial time on each woman’s back story. I spent many pages reading, while my internal voice was saying “eKirino creates unforgettable characters, all thrown into the scumbucket of murder and crime. But that’s what Kirino does to keep the plot interesting, and absolutely twisted. She’s a “weakest link” character that you just know is going to ruin everything for the group. The group also has a flaky, immature member, called Kuniko. Her life is particularly awful, and somehow the intrigue offers her an escape, no matter how gross.
Yoshie is the “Skipper” on the factory line, but in the body disposal she becomes an underling. But she can’t do this alone, so she ropes the rest of the group into the plot. Instead, Yayoi asks her enigmatic friend Masako for help. Never once does she think, “oh hey, I should call the police and tell them I was abused and killed him in self-defense.” So, that gives you an idea of the male-centric culture Kirino writes about. Now Yayoi must find help to get rid of the body. The night after Yayoi’s husband punches her in the gut, she strangles him.Īs unsettling as this is, Kirino is only beginning. One of the group, who all work together in a box-lunch factory, has an unhappy marriage. It’s more of a nail-biter about how a group of ordinary women cope when thrown into gruesome and extraordinary circumstances. What a choice during a week when my circle of friends is all talking about women who experience sexual assault! It’s also a great representation of the genre from one of Japan’s pre-eminent female authors. Out is a gruesome, feminist Japanese thriller written by Natsuo Kirino.
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