From here, we move on to another primary location in the novel, a casino, where we see a scene between a pitboss/owner having to kick out, and subsequently physically assault, a drunk, broke and harassing patron. The work is physically demanding, repetitive, and boring, and we find out that a large contingent of the work force are Brazilian immigrants and migrant workers. Anyway, we’re at the factory meeting a handful of the principal characters, mostly women working on the production line. The novel begins at a food production facility preparing what the novel calls (or at least translates to) a lunchbox factory–I imagine worrying that “bento” wouldn’t make sense to English language readers. This book is a little more straightforward as a crime thriller. I had a more or less lukewarm feeling about it. I read a previous novel by Katsuo Kirino, Real World, and among other things I found that book to be a little weird and experimental in form and style.
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