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WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 'A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY 'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter' NIGEL SLATER 'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDORA SYKES The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her…
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Author: Yuzuki Asako
Publication date: 24. April 2025
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, English detective novels, Fiction in english
Type: Books - paperback
ISBN/EAN: 9780008511715