The second novel in English from Japanese bestseller, Mina Sakurai.
Peer bullying, parental pressure, teacher corruption... Mina Sakurai, a phenomenal author in Japan, paints a portrait of a society where the cult of personal success creates insatiable monsters, devoid of empathy and humanity.
While high school students are gathered in the courtyard for a fire drill, 27-year-old teacher Jun Okusawa falls from the roof and crashes to his death before their eyes. Shock and disbelief ensue: what happened to the most popular teacher at this prestigious school? And what is the meaning of the phrase found on his classroom blackboard, "I killed the teacher"? Is this death connected to the video circulating online shortly before, showing Okusawa embracing a mysterious female student?
Told through a choral narrative, where each chapter adds a piece to the puzzle leading to the truth, the portrait emerges of a multifaceted man, dominated by a school system of terrifying ferocity...
Genre: Mystery
Peer bullying, parental pressure, teacher corruption... Mina Sakurai, a phenomenal author in Japan, paints a portrait of a society where the cult of personal success creates insatiable monsters, devoid of empathy and humanity.
While high school students are gathered in the courtyard for a fire drill, 27-year-old teacher Jun Okusawa falls from the roof and crashes to his death before their eyes. Shock and disbelief ensue: what happened to the most popular teacher at this prestigious school? And what is the meaning of the phrase found on his classroom blackboard, "I killed the teacher"? Is this death connected to the video circulating online shortly before, showing Okusawa embracing a mysterious female student?
Told through a choral narrative, where each chapter adds a piece to the puzzle leading to the truth, the portrait emerges of a multifaceted man, dominated by a school system of terrifying ferocity...
Genre: Mystery