Audition by Ryū Murakami and Ralph McCarthy

In this thriller from the best-selling Japanese author, a widower stages an open casting call with his filmmaker friend to attract the perfect wife and is taken in by a striking young ballerina with a mysterious past. Original.

Hunting up a bride
she's lovely, so attentive
he's heels over head.

I finished it. So I guess there's that. But what a trite, boring little book. Local man decides to get a wife, much in the same way one decides to get a new car, and bloodshed follows. If any of the characters had depth, or if the female lead had a complex motivation, maybe it would be tolerable. As it is, it's just a snoozefest.

too much rambling i was BORED, i guess his writing style's just not for me

A lot of lead up for a pretty lack luster ending, so much of this was buildup so I was expecting a lot of the ending but it was over very quickly and without much of a bang. As always Murakami's wring style is brilliant, it's the plot that was lacking here for me.