I just finished reading Out by Natsuo Kirino. This is a fabulous, if devious and visceral, book. It tells the story of four Japanese women who get embroiled in a deepening spiral of violence that both brings them together and forever renders them alone in the world. A tour-de-force (wow, I rarely use such words) that will have you turning page after page long after you should be asleep. It’s like a waking dream. Ms. Kirino does a fabulous job crafting multiple plot lines that intersect at random and inevitably. Check it out!