- Published: 5 October 2022
- ISBN: 9780241439074
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $32.99
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- Published: 5 October 2022
- ISBN: 9780241439074
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $32.99
The Simenon of Japan. . . a legendary writer
Le Monde
The greatest Japanese writer of detective stories of the past century. . . Matsumoto infused the genre with social conscience. Highly recommended
La Repubblica
Matsumoto is a necessity, reading him is like having a bowl of rice you never get tired of
Masato Ara
Tense, enigmatic, thrillingly weird - a glorious find
Kevin Barry, author of Night Boat to Tangier
A fiendishly complex case. A deep understanding of human nature drives this intricately plotted masterpiece of Japanese crime writing. A timely and welcome opportunity for a new generation to discover Seicho Matsumoto
Brian McGilloway, author of The Empty Room
An absolute corker of a read -- so brilliantly shrouded in mystery that it was impossible to put it down
Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
This classic of postwar Japanese crime fiction was banned in its day for its 'decadent western ideas'. Now, the fascinatingly detailed investigations of Inspector Torigai echo those of Simenon's Maigret in a pared-down narrative shot through with political critique.
Financial Times, Summer Reads 2022
The debut novel of bestselling writer Seicho Matsumoto, first published in Japan in 1958 and never out of print, is an ingeniously plotted railway mystery
Guardian