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Author:

Takami, Koushun.

Title:

Battle royale / Koushun Takami ; translated by Yuji Oniki.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Haikasoru,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xii, 608 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Junior high school students--Fiction.
Allegories.

Other Authors:

Oniki, Yuji.

Summary:

With unemployment at an all-time high and violence amongst school children almost out of control, the Japanese government introduces the "Battle Royale Act." A randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death. One pupil only is allowed to survive as proof of the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to end the violence.

ISBN:

1421527723 (alk. paper)
9781421527727 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318877512

LCCN:

2009020184

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