Mishima is lucid in the midst of emotional confusion, funny in the midst of despair (Christopher Isherwood)Never has a "confession" been freer from self-pity and emotional over-indulgence (Sunday Times)A writer of immense energy and ability (Time Out)A terrific and astringent work of beauty... a work of art (Times Literary Supplement)'There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain'A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. He imagines his body punctured with...