Chijoku / Original Title: Disgrace (Haya Kawa Epi Bunko)

[Machine Translation] After two divorces, 52-year-old college professor David Laurie has successfully handled his desires with prostitutes and the women at hand. But his life takes a dark turn when he is accused by a female student with whom he has a casual relationship. The university forces him to resign, and he receives relentless criticism from colleagues and students. David moves to a farm in the countryside where his daughter lives, but even there a new judgment awaits him - a shining example in the history of contemporary literature, and a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Winner of the Booker Prize.

52歳の大学教授デヴィッド・ラウリーは、2度の離婚を経験後、娼婦や手近な女性で自分の欲望をうまく処理してきた。だが、軽い気持ちから関係を持った女生徒に告発されると、人生は暗転する。大学は辞任に追い込まれ、同僚や学生からは容赦ない批判を受ける。デヴィッドは娘の住む片田舎の農園へと転がりこむが、そこにさえ新たな審判が待ち受けていた-現代文学史上に輝く、ノーベル賞作家の代表作。ブッカー賞受賞。