A review by angus_mckeogh
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

4.0

Through interviews with those involved and back stories about key individuals, this book revolves around not only the gas attack but the reasoning within individuals who get caught up in a cult and are thereafter convinced to commit murder. Murakami speaks with some participants in the murders and some of those who were injured during the attack. Digs at questions of religious fanaticism and how and why a person could be convinced to murder someone else based on religious beliefs. Disturbing and extremely informative.