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Author Takami, Kōshun.

Title Battle royale : the novel / Koushun Takami ; translated by Yuji Oniki.

Edition Second edition.
Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : Haikasoru, 2009.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1543951~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Fiction  F TAKAMI    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Fiction  F TAKAMI    RECENTLY RETURNED
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Description xii, 608 pages : map ; 21 cm
Summary With unemployment at an all-time high and violence amongst school children almost out of control, the Japanese government introduces the "Battle Royale Act." A randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death. One pupil only is allowed to survive as proof of the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to end the violence.
Subject Junior high school students -- Fiction.
Allegories -- Fiction.
Genre Allegories.
Added Author Oniki, Yuji.
ISBN 9781421527727 (pbk.)
1421527723
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