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The Boy in the Earth

Pages
192
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

A Tokyo taxi driver navigates his night shifts, haunted by nihilistic thoughts and fantasies of suicide. When his estranged father attempts to reconnect, a flood of traumatic childhood memories resurfaces. The driver must confront his violent past and grim present, questioning if some lives are beyond redemption.

How it reads

Prose complexity 10/10
Content warnings (4)
SuicideTraumaViolenceAbuse

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