Tokyo Express

Tokyo Express
Seicho Matsumoto
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 160pg
30 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780241439074
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An unputdownable, perfectly plotted detective story from Seicho Matsumoto, Japan' s master of mystery ' It was a puzzle with no solution. But he did not lose heart. ' In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Stood in the coast' s wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple' s cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, a senior detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime. . . A coiled mystery in the vein of Georges Simenon, Tokyo Express is Seicho Matsumoto' s bestselling masterwork, celebrated around the world.
Tense, enigmatic, thrillingly weird - a glorious find -- Kevin Barry, author of Night Boat to Tangier 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
Seicho Matsumoto was born in 1909 in Fukuoka, Japan. Self-educated, Matsumoto published his first book when he was forty years old and he quickly established himself as a master of crime fiction. His exploration of human psychology and Japanese post-war malaise, coupled with the creation of twisting, dark mysteries, made him one of the most acclaimed and best-selling writers in Japan. He received the prestigious Akutagawa Literary Prize in 1950 and the Kikuchi Kan Prize in1970. He died in 1992.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780241439074
Published: 30 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 160

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