The House of Crooked Walls
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The winner of the number 1 literary award in Japan - 'Japanese Detective Literature'. Shortlisted for the 'Edogawa Rampo' award. Several tens of millions of books sold in Asia alone.
Japan, Christmas 1983. Wealthy industrialist Kozaburo Hamamoto gathered friends and acquaintances in his mansion. The guests are amazed by his house - a whimsical construction with many rooms, sloping floors, and stairs leading to unknown places, with a 'falling' tall tower resembling the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They all admire the host's imagination and prepare to celebrate Christmas joyfully.
But their expectations are not meant to be fulfilled. Because on Christmas Eve, a murder occurs in the house. The chauffeur of one of the guests is killed by a knife blow. The police called urgently are completely baffled. Because the murder seemed impossible to commit - all circumstances and conditions were against it. And no one had a motive...
While the inspector and his assistants rack their brains, and the guests are in shock, a second, even more unbelievable murder occurs in the house. In contact with their superiors, the stunned police learn that a man is coming to them who can find the criminal. He is an astrologer and fortune-teller from Tokyo, Kiyoshi Mitarai. And only he alone can unravel this mind-boggling puzzle...
You will have all the necessary clues. But can you find the solution before the detectives do?
'The God of Riddles' - that's what Soji Shimada is called in Japan. He created honkaku detective fiction - a new genre so popular in the Land of the Rising Sun. A detective story that offers the reader an honest intellectual game: to solve the case before the main character does.
Soji was the first to combine European classics with Japanese exoticism, rationalism with mysticism. His great detective is not just a person of sharp mind and brilliant analytical abilities like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Nero Wolfe, but also an astrologer and fate predictor.
Soji's novel is a 'must-read' for any self-respecting Japanophile - it is literally infused with interesting information about the history, culture, and geography of pre-war Japan.
Translated from Japanese.
'The Great Soji Shimada literally invented a whole subgenre of 'logical puzzles''. - The Guardian
'Ingeniously and captivatingly exotic'. - Japan Times
Author:
Author:Soji Shimada
Cover:
Cover:softcover with flaps
Category:
- Category:Detective Books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20x13x1.5 cm
Series:
Series:Honkaku-detective (softcover with flaps)
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
Product type:
Product type:partial varnish
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-188649-3
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