About the Translator
Translator GILES MURRAY was born in the United Kingdom, lives in Tokyo, and has translated various Japanese works of fiction, including the first Reiko Himekawa novel, The Silent Dead.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Prologue
Part I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part II
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part III
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part IV
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part V
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part VI
Also by Tetsuya Honda
About the Author and Translator
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
SOUL CAGE. Copyright © 2007 by Tetsuya Honda. Translation copyright © 2017 by Giles Murray. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover images: lettering © ImageBrief; woman © Charlie Wong/ImageBrief; cityscape © Gerard Walker/Getty Images; street/legs © Tadamasa Taniguchi/Getty Images
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ISBN 978-1-250-06158-4 (hardcover)
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e-ISBN 9781466867307
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Originally published in Japanese as Souru Keiji by Kobunsha Co., Ltd., Tokyo.
English translation rights arranged with Kobunsha Co., Ltd., through the Michael Staley Agency, Inc., Tokyo.
First published in Japan by Kobunsha Co., Ltd., in 2007.
First U.S. Edition: July 2017
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