The Lychee Light Club (Paperback)

The "Lychee Light Club "is considered Usamaru Furuya's breakthrough work. Originally designed as an experiemental project Lychee's themes of youthful rebellion and deus ex machina destruction, and attractive designs eventually won over a new generation of readers and critics, leading the way for Furuya to take on his many recent high profile properties.
In an abandoned warehouse, a band of nine students have assembled to plot out a new future. Their "leader" Zera is determined to cleanse his community of the ugly and cowardly. Having taken command of a band of young men to build him a god-like machine capable of changing the world. This machine, named "Lychee," will give them what they've been searching for...a beauty of the finest quality.
A surreal yet touching horror comedy Furuya's Lychee Light Club that mixes elements of French Le Theatre du Grand-Guignol and with modern day pop culture tropes and is set in modern day Tokyo. Shocking, sexy and innovative, the "Lychee Light Club" is at the pinnacle of modern day Japanese "seinen" manga (young adult comics).

General

Imprint:	Vertical Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Usamaru Furuya
Dimensions:	191 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-935654-06-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels Promotions Books > Promotion > Manga
LSN:	1-935654-06-3
Barcode:	9781935654063

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