Bullet Train
“High-speed…with lots of twists and turns…It has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it.”
The Times (London)
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A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins-now a major film starring Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Joey King, and Sandra Bullock
Nanao, nicknamed Ladybug-the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"-boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase-and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard.
Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Risk fuels him as does a good philosophical debate-like, is killing really wrong?
Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear.
A massive bestseller in Japan, Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller that fizzes with an incredible energy and surprising humor as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwind.
Award-winning author Kotaro Isaka takes listeners on a tension-packed journey as the bullet train hurtles toward its final destination. Who will make it off the train alive-and what awaits them at the last stop?
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