Ryu Murakami, the Japanese author and film-maker whose subversive novels include Coin Locker Babies and Audition, died on 17 October at home aged 74, according to his publisher Gentosha. The Guardian
the GuardianRyu Murakami, cult Japanese author, dies aged 74The bestselling writer, known as Japan’s enfant terrible, explored the dark underbelly of Japanese society in more than 40 works of subversive fiction including Audition, later made into a landmark indie horror movie
Which of his books would you point a new reader to first?