Written and set in the mid 1970’s by Ryu Murakami. It follows the hedonistic and very non-glamorous existence of a group of Japanese punk junkies, constantly poor and scraping together the money from selling themselves for sex and parties to get to the next concert or score the next batch of drugs.
Everything has a smell and a texture. Lots of descriptions of mucous, other bodily fluids, rotting food.
A bit like Trainspotting, but Japanese and more 1970s
A bit like Naked Lunch, but more coherent and a lot shorter, and not surreal
A bit like Bright Lights Big City, with much less fun
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