Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780857529657
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK


Description:
By the author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror- first of a major multi-book launch into English for a huge Japanese fiction brand



THE UNFORGETTABLE MILLION-COPY JAPANESE BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR




'Recalls early Murakami. An enchanting read' Financial Times


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Readers are obsessed-

'Every word resonated in my heart' ***** Reader review'


'Perfect for anyone who loves to think deeply about what they have just read' ***** Reader review

'Makes you ponder about death and about life' ***** Reader review



Brimming with suspense and heartbreak, the million-copy Japanese fantasy mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR

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Is there anyone from the afterlife you wish to see?




So asks the smart young man, Ayumi, to his clients who have come to him for a reunion with the person who once changed their life.




But it is no ordinary reunion The people they ask to see have passed away.




Calling himself the go-between, Ayumi lays down strict rules around the meetings between the living and the dead- the deceased cannot have been summoned by anyone else; they may refuse; and they must meet under a full moon.




- Anxious Hirase asks to see the celebrity who showed her kindness at a critical moment;


- An resentful family man wants clarity about a will from his beloved mother;


- After a bike accident, a school girl has a question for her former best