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Hooked

Name: Hooked
SKU: 9780008753832
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By (author) Asako Yuzuki, Translated by Polly Barton

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From the author of the global sensation Butter, this psychological thriller explores the thin line between female friendship and dangerous obsession. Eriko, a successful but lonely professional in the seafood industry, becomes fascinated with Shoko, a housewife whose messy, unmanicured life is the opposite of her own. As Eriko systematically inserts herself into Shoko’s world, her desire for connection spirales into a possessive and unsettling fixation. Translated by Polly Barton, the novel serves as a sharp social commentary on loneliness and the expectations placed on women in contemporary Japan.

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SKU: 9780008753832

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9-5 appearance Appetite aspiration Beauty blogger Body Image bullying career convenience store dangerous desire dinner domestic eating fan fast food feminism fish follower Food friends friendship gender housewife hunger Japan Japanese lazy Life Goals lifestyle literary fiction Loneliness lonely lunch Nile Perch Obsession office overworked pleasure possessive relationship Seafood sexism stalker success thriller tokyo toxic Translated fiction Translation Weight women work life balance

ISBN: 9780008753832

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 400

Dimensions: 13.5 × 2.1 × 21.6 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 400 pages
Dimensions 13.5 × 2.1 × 21.6 cm | 270
Publication Date 12 March 2026
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication City/Country United Kingdom
Language English

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Polly Barton

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Asako Yuzuki is the author of Butter, her first novel translated into English, which became a no.1 Sunday Times bestseller. It won Waterstones Book of the Year 2024, the Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award and Fiction Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, among other accolades. She won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers for her story, 'Forget Me, Not Blue', which appeared in her debut, Shuuten No Anoko. She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio and film.

Asako Yuzuki

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