Book: テスカトリポカ | L35
Is there an ebook available?: yes
Summary - Japanese
鬼才・佐藤究が放つ、クライムノベルの新究極、世界文学の新次元!
メキシコのカルテルに君臨した麻薬密売人のバルミロ・カサソラは、対立組織との抗争の果てにメキシコから逃走し、潜伏先のジャカルタで日本人の臓器ブローカーと出会った。二人は新たな臓器ビジネスを実現させるため日本へと向かう。川崎に生まれ育った天涯孤独の少年・土方コシモはバルミロと出会い、その才能を見出され、知らぬ間に彼らの犯罪に巻きこまれていく――。海を越えて交錯する運命の背後に、滅亡した王国〈アステカ〉の恐るべき神の影がちらつく。人間は暴力から逃れられるのか。心臓密売人の恐怖がやってくる。誰も見たことのない、圧倒的な悪夢と祝祭が、幕を開ける。
Summary - English
A new ultimate of crime novels and a new dimension of world literature by the genius Kyu Sato!
Balmiro Casasola, a drug trafficker who reigned over a Mexican cartel, fled Mexico after a war with a rival organization and met a Japanese organ broker in Jakarta, where he was hiding out. The two travel to Japan in order to realize a new organ business. Koshimo Hijikata, a boy born and raised in Kawasaki and a stranger on his own, meets Valmiro, discovers his talent, and unwittingly becomes involved in their crimes. Behind the intersecting fates across the sea, the shadow of a fearsome god from the ruined kingdom of the Aztecs flickers in the background. Can human beings escape violence? The horror of a heart trafficker is coming. An overwhelming nightmare and festival, the likes of which no one has ever seen, unfolds.
Content warnings if known
There is a non-zero chance that this book is gorey
Why are you nominating this book: Saw it in a book review, haha. Kind of a break from the normal “whodunnit” type mystery. A bit unsure what genre this book even really is, but it won the Naoki prize and I’ve seen it in mystery book lists so figured I’d add it incase others were interested too!
