Editing Hooked: A Novel of Obsession (section)

==Background==

''Hooked'' was first published in Japan in 2015, two years before Yuzuki's novel ''BUTTER'' (2017), which became an international sensation when translated into English in 2024. Despite being an earlier work, ''Hooked'' reached anglophone readers as Yuzuki's second translated novel, following the enormous critical and commercial success of ''Butter''. The English translation was again handled by Polly Barton, who had also translated ''Butter''.

The Japanese title, ''Nairu pāchi no joshikai'' (ナイルパーチの女子会), translates literally as ''Nile Perch Women's Club'' or ''Nile Perch Girls' Night Out'', a reference to the novel's subplot concerning the reintroduction of Nile Perch — an invasive species — into the Japanese fish market, which functions as an extended metaphor for the disruptive dynamics between the two central characters.