{"product_id":"9780008511715","title":"Butter","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Yuzuki, Asako \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 37 | 414g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A cult phenomenon’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e iNEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Took the literary world by storm’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e BBC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A killer Japanese novel’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'I have been glued to Butter’ NIGEL SLATER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, 'The Konkatsu Killer', Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, gripping exploration of misogyny, obsession and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'It isn’t entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it’ OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Readers around the world are finding themselves utterly captivated’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘I really enjoyed it’ MEERA SYAL, on BBC Between the Covers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDORA SYKES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'You’ll be craving rice, butter and soy sauce in no time’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Nothing short of ingenious’ iNEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Ambitious and unsettling’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Luscious … I devoured this' IMOGEN CRIMP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A salty morsel with one hell of a bite’ ALICE SLATER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52457872949584,"sku":"9780008511715","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9780008511715.jpg?v=1765990184","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008511715","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}