【媒體推薦】 第27回野間文藝新人獎後補作。 【內容簡介】 我們必須忍耐到什麼時候？ 我們還得面對多少不合理的事？ 將這個世界、文學 寫盡！打盡！ 破壞殆盡！ 因為唯有驅逐現實，我們的世界才會到來。 為了逃離過去的束縛而轉學到神戶的小學來，但小學中卻流行著奇妙的遊戲──預測被稱為「牛男」的連續獵奇殺人魔接下來將如何犯案。原本單純的遊戲越演越烈，孩子們一一身不由己地成了當事人── 新世代文學先鋒描繪出的嚴苛現實與未來，三島由紀夫賞得主佐藤友哉蛻變最新力作。

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His shockingly violent plan will shake the very foundations of society by painting the streets red with blood.