Last Winter We Parted

Praise for Last Winter, We Parted
"Crime fiction that pushes past the bounds of genre, occupying its own nightmare realm . . . For Nakamura, like [Seichō] Matsumoto, guilt or innocence is not the issue; we are corrupted, complicit, just by living in society. The ties that bind, in other words, are rules beyond our making, rules that distance us not only from each other but also from ourselves."
--Los Angeles Times

"This slim, icy, outstanding thriller, reminiscent of Muriel Spark and Patricia Highsmith, should establish Fuminori Nakamura as one of the most interesting Japanese crime novelists at work today."
--USA Today

"Some of the darkest noir fiction to come out of Japan--or any country--in recent years . . . Nakamura's stories, however labelled, are memorable forays into uncomfortable terrain."
--Tom Nolan, Mystery Scene Magazine

"A tense, layered story . . . [Nakamura's] stripped-down prose and direct style drop the reader straight into his nightmare."
--The Japan Times