Book Review : Real World

In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls drift through a hot smoggy August and tedious summer school classes. There's dependable Toshi, brainy Terauchi, Yuzan, grief-stricken and confused, and Kirarin, whose late nights and reckless behaviour remain a secret from those around her.

Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour’s son and a high-school misfit. But when he disappears (having stolen Toshi’s bike and mobile) the four girls become irresistibly drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them.

However, this book reflects the stupidity of some youth about hiding crime and perceives it as part of adventure in life. A good book for thriller-loving reader.

Price : RM39.90/US$8.90 (excluding postage)

Author : Natsuo Kirino

Publisher : Vintage Books

Condition : Pre-owned and in good condition

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Book Review : The Audacity Of Hope

This is a bestselling book by Barack Obama discussing the importance of empathy and inclusiveness in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic. Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over.

'The Audicity of Hope offers readers on this side of the Atlantic a window not just into the mind of one America's most exciting politicians, but into the political landscape of the post-Bush era...like Bill Clinton, he has the knack of weaving together the personal and the anecdotal with the political and the conceptual, so that each point seems both persuasive and commonsensical.' Guardian

This book is a forefront of political matters. Quite heavy book for leisure reading, however a good book for world view.

Price : RM33.90/US$8.50 (excluding postage)

Author : Barack Obama

Publisher : CANONGATE

Condition : Pre-owned and in good condition

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