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Oct 21, 2011 battle royale by koushun takami seems be one of those books that most people have heard about, but few people have actually read. Battle royale, completed after takami left the news company, was a finalist for the kadokawa mystery prize, but ulimately lost due to the controversy the novels content provoked among juruy members. Oct 30, 20 42 characters, sorry for that mistake, so 21 males and 21 females. Battle royale is an excellent book that hooks the reader from the beginning and keeps the reader guessing until the end. The 2012 comic avengers arena has a similar plot to battle royale. May 10, 2007 koushun takami is bestknown as the author of the novel battle royale, originally published in japanese, and later translated into english by yuji oniki. Battle royale was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was written owing to its controversial content. Koushun takami has 38 books on goodreads with 163288 ratings.
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