The Devil's Disciple
The first English language translation of a chilling murder mystery by a prolific Japanese detective novelist ‘Prosecutor Tsuchida, I am being held here as a murderer. But the truth is that I am probably not that murderer. That’s right. Probably.’ While Shimaura Eizo sits in jail awaiting trial...
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The first English language translation of a chilling murder mystery by a prolific Japanese detective novelist ‘Prosecutor Tsuchida, I am being held here as a murderer. But the truth is that I am probably not that murderer. That’s right. Probably.’ While Shimaura Eizo sits in jail awaiting trial for the murder of a beautiful young woman, his erstwhile lover and initiator into a sinister, restless existence has risen in the ranks of the legal profession and is now the prosecutor on the case. Spinning a complex web of events and influences in this chilling murder mystery, Hamao probes the notion of guilt—both psychological and legal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843918578 (1843918579)
Publish date: September 15th 2011
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
What a little gem...! Two very, very brief, and utterly brilliant novellas -- teetering on the razor's edge of sexual perversion and murder... shame and guilt... what a surprising find....The short introduction to this volume is also essential, in placing both Hamao and this genre of ero-guro-nanse...
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