Butter by Asako Suzuki, Translated by Polly Barton

Butter by Asako Suzuki, Translated by Polly BartonThe cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. 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

A picture of life among the headunting warriors of the Torres Strait islands

Or will this romance descend into farce

or reach new heights in the French Alps

he really should have figured this all out by now

One of the central themes of "Here We Are" is the importance of kindness and simplicity amidst the complexities of life

only then did he feel calm

She feels sad until she realises she can do something that none of the other jungle animals can

Brought up by a series of foster parents until his early teens

invitations

ground-breaking book

Maybe you have wondered about the origins of glue or if forensic science is possible without a crime scene investigation

and in a climate of colonial misinformation