Set in contemporary Japan, Slow Fuse draws the reader into the dark realm of spiritual alienation, emotional inertia, sexual decadence, and mystifying violence that defines the underbelly of this Asian superpower. A promising young psychiatrist, Dr. Uemura, is unwillingly plunged into a seedy, film noir world of seduction, obsession, and revenge after a young patient confesses to a brutal murder. Yet his world does not truly spin out of control until he discovers that the "victim" is very much alive.
Set in contemporary Japan, Slow Fuse draws the reader into the dark realm of spiritual alienation, emotional inertia, sexual decadence, and mystifying violence that defines the underbelly of this Asian superpower. A promising young psychiatrist, Dr. Uemura, is unwillingly plunged into a seedy, film noir world of seduction, obsession, and revenge after a young patient confesses to a brutal murder. Yet his world does not truly spin out of control until he discovers that the "victim" is very much alive.