Death By Choice

By (author) Masahiko Shimada Translated by Meredith McKinney

Publication date:

01 February 2013

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

216x140mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780857282477

Yoshio Kita’s hopelessness and lack of faith in his future crystallizes into a decision to commit suicide by what he calls ‘capital punishment at free will’, meaning his only pressing problem now is how to spend both his remaining self-allocated seven days on earth and all his worldly money. From fine dining with a former porn actress to insuring his life, from pursuing an ex-girlfriend to an entanglement with an assassin, Yoshio’s last seven days on earth take on unexpected twists and turns in this darkly comic exploration of the cult of suicide in Japan and the culture that has created it.