Audition KINDLE MOBI by Ryu Murakami H.A.

Audition (オーディション?) is a Japanese novel by Ryu Murakami published in 1997 and published in English in 2009.
A film version was done in 1999 by the famed adventurous and very avante garde film maker Miike Takashi, and if you haven't seen it, this version is the one I have watched and I highly recommend it:

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Audition is at first a romance. Aoyama, a widower, decides get remarried after many years of being alone and raising his son. His friend comes up with the idea of creating a movie that will probably never be made to host an audition. Then Aoyama can specify what kind of woman he wants and have his choice in that group. It's a bit misogynistic, but sounds like a typical sweet romance set up. Aoyama meets Asami, a former ballerina with a melancholy air about her. They go on a few dates and then she disappears. The novel descends into the madness Ryu Murakami is famous for.