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In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.

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In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.

Tags: grotesque, women

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About Natsuo Kirino

Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生, Kirino Natsuo) (born October 7, 1951, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.