[PRE-ORDER] - The Horse And I (UK Paperback Ed.) (Expected 20/11/2026)

From bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World comes a taut psychological mystery based on a real-life crime for fans of Butter and Diary of a Void.

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She works quietly in a coastal shipyard office, barely noticed by those around her. Life passes in grey repetition until one day, on the side of a road, she sees something that changes everything: a black horse, still and watching.

From that moment, something begins to shift.

As her obsession deepens, so does the double life she builds in secret. What begins with a quiet longing grows into something far more dangerous - and her steady embezzlement threatens to put everything at risk.

Horse and I is a haunting, slow-burning psychological novel about the hunger for freedom in a world that insists on keeping women small. With echoes of Butter and Diary of a Void, it probes the uneasy space between yearning and transgression, beauty and brutality, and asks how far a person will go for the one thing that makes them feel alive.

A tense and mesmerising Japanese mystery where desire, silence, and power collide.

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Genki Kawamura (Author)

Born in 1979. Produced films such as "Confessions", "Villain", "Love Strikes", "Wolf Children", "your name.", and "Monster".

In 2012, he published his debut novel "If Cats Disappeared from the World" with over 3 million copies sold and was translated and published in 38 countries and regions. It reached #4 on The New York Times bestseller list for paperback. His other works include the novels "Million Dollar Man", "April Come She Will", "The Divine Comedy", and "The Horse and I", all of which have also been translated and published internationally.

In 2022, he made his directorial debut with the film "Hundreds of Flowers", based on one of his own novels. The film won the Silver Shell for Best Director Award at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.

In 2025, his second directorial work "Exit 8" was officially selected for the 78th Cannes Film Festival. It has since been invited to the Toronto International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, and the Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia, and is scheduled for North American distribution by NEON.