- Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Japan, fiction, Fiction, Murder
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour – it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions about the Ichiyanagis around the village.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Seishi Yokomizo
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 199
- Publisher
- Büchergilde Gutenberg, Blumenbar, KADOKAWA CORPORATION
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9783763275021
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> Seishi Yokomizo is Japan's most popular mystery writer. His books have achieved incredible success with sales of more than 55 million copies, and his novels have been made into countless movies and TV dramas in Japan.
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