Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

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Published: April 01, 2014 (First published April 21, 1999)

Publisher: Haikasoru

Format: Paperback

Pages: 647

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“The good people aren’t always the ones who get saved.“

Synopsis:

Koushun Takami’s notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: 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 until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan—where it became a runaway best seller—Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.