Battle Royale - Koushun Takami

Battle Royale is set in an alternate modern Japan, where the youth rebelled and so the government brought in the BR Act; every year fifty classes of third year junior high school students are knocked out and isolated, the students then required to fight to the death until only one remains. They are each given a bag containing some food, water, a map and a random item which could be a saucepan lid or a machine gun. They all have a neck collar placed on them that will explode if they try to escape or if they are caught in a danger zone. If nobody has died within three days, all he collars will explode. We follow Shuya Nanahara as he tries to survive and to save his ...

I am a big fan of pretty much everything that comes out of Japan. Battle Royale is one of my favourite films. This book was pretty much a nessecisity to have in my collection. However when it came to reading it, i found it a plesent and easy read and was overly impressed. For those who have not seen or read this, its the story of an oppressive nation, who has a programe called Battle Royale. This is where each year a randomly selected class of 15 year olds are taken to a remote island where they have to fight to the death or die. As far as stories go it sounds like its a pretty rough one. However i believe it is a well made book and insight into ...