Battle Royale is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English.

Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. : Koushun Takami: Books 1-16 of 97 results RESULTS Battle Royale: Remastered (Battle Royale (Novel)) by Koushun Takami and Nathan Collins 943 Paperback 1459 16.99 Get it as soon as Thu, Sep 15 FREE Shipping on orders over 25 shipped by Amazon More Buying Choices 6. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan-where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller-Battle Royale is a Lord of the Fliesfor the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Koushun Takamis brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style).

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