Beschreibung
Deep in the mountains, the village takes its name from a legend: in the sixteenth century eight samurais, who had taken refuge along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates. A Japanese crime classic.
Produktsicherheitsverordnung
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Autorenportrait
Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, selling more than 55 million copies and spawning many stage and television adaptations. The Honjin Murders is the first Kosuke Kindaichi story, and regarded as one of Japan's great mystery novels. It won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948 but has never been translated into English, until now. Seishi Yokomizo's The Inugami Curse is also available from Pushkin Vertigo, while Gokumon Island is forthcoming.
