Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works a night shift making boxed lunches brutally strangles her deadbeat husband and then seeks the help of her co-...Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works a night shift making boxed lunches brutally strangles her deadbeat husband and then seeks the help of her co-workers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime. The ringleader of this cover-up, masako katori, emerges as the emotional heart of and as one of the shrewdest, most clear-eyed creations in recent fiction.