"Sacrifice" by KONDO Fumie

Ms. KONDO is a Japanese writer writing a book series about Kabuki, which I would like to read some day... Anyway this book is not about Kabuki but Road Race (^_^;;; I knew very few about Road Race maybe same as many Japanese people. In this book it is very popular in European countries. Right?

The hero Chikau was a track runner and got championship in the inter high school tournaments. But he cannot get used to the situation. When he was 18 years old, he knew Road Race, and intuitively he thought that it suits for him. And now he is a member of professional team called Team Oddge(?). The member includes a leader Ishio and a mate Iba, and he enjoys as an assistant....

Very impressive book! Of course this contains unpleasant part as you can imagine from the title... I would like to recommend this for the first in the books I read in this year (^^;;;

(Finished reading on Jan.20, 2008)

The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* KONDO Fumie : 近藤史恵
* Sacrifice : サクリファイス