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    Inspector Imanishi Investigates

    Author Seicho Matsumoto
    Translated by Beth Cary
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    Soho Press | Soho Crime
    On sale Jul 01, 2003 | 360 Pages | 9781569470190
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    The corpse of an unknown provincial is discovered under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station, and Detective Imanishi is assigned to the case.
    Native of Fukuoka Prefecture and prolific writer of socially oriented detective and mystery fiction, Matsumoto debuted as a writer after reaching the age of forty with the historically based Saigo Takamori Chits, 1950, and The Legend of the Kokura Diary, 1952. He then went on to establish his unique style of detective fiction with the works The Walls Have Eyes, 1957, and Points and Lines, 1958. Matsumoto made a name for himself as the writer of suspense novels that were accesible to all kinds of readership, but it was his historical novel The Ogura Diary Chronicles that earned him The 28th Akutagawa Prize, the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. The popular Japanese TV show "Black Leather Notebook" was based on his novel of the same name, and several of his detective fiction works have been published in the US (SoHo Crime and Kodansha International).
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    Praise for Inspector Imanishi Investigates

    "A stylish mystery novel written by one of Japan's most popular authors . . . in the classic tradition of Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret of Paris . . . First-rate storytelling . . . Inspector Imanishi deserves to be welcomed to the ranks of international crime fiction."
    —The New York Times

    "Patient, meticulous stories [that] offer an anatomy of a society as much as a picture of a crime."
    —The Economist

    "A master crime writer."
    —Jan van de Wetering, author of Outsider in Amsterdam

    "The most intricate web of detection . . . A tantalizing double unveiling act . . . Belongs on your shelf next to Christie and Simenon, P.D. James and Robert Van Gulik. A superb thriller."
    —Los Angeles Times

    "An intriguing slice of the mores and habits of Japanese society . . . Seicho Matsumoto combines the prolific output of a Rex Stout with the literary qualities of Elmore Leonard."
    —San Francisco Chronicle

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    The corpse of an unknown provincial is discovered under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station, and Detective Imanishi is assigned to the case.

    Author

    Native of Fukuoka Prefecture and prolific writer of socially oriented detective and mystery fiction, Matsumoto debuted as a writer after reaching the age of forty with the historically based Saigo Takamori Chits, 1950, and The Legend of the Kokura Diary, 1952. He then went on to establish his unique style of detective fiction with the works The Walls Have Eyes, 1957, and Points and Lines, 1958. Matsumoto made a name for himself as the writer of suspense novels that were accesible to all kinds of readership, but it was his historical novel The Ogura Diary Chronicles that earned him The 28th Akutagawa Prize, the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. The popular Japanese TV show "Black Leather Notebook" was based on his novel of the same name, and several of his detective fiction works have been published in the US (SoHo Crime and Kodansha International).
    Seicho Matsumoto View titles by Seicho Matsumoto

    Praise

    Praise for Inspector Imanishi Investigates

    "A stylish mystery novel written by one of Japan's most popular authors . . . in the classic tradition of Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret of Paris . . . First-rate storytelling . . . Inspector Imanishi deserves to be welcomed to the ranks of international crime fiction."
    —The New York Times

    "Patient, meticulous stories [that] offer an anatomy of a society as much as a picture of a crime."
    —The Economist

    "A master crime writer."
    —Jan van de Wetering, author of Outsider in Amsterdam

    "The most intricate web of detection . . . A tantalizing double unveiling act . . . Belongs on your shelf next to Christie and Simenon, P.D. James and Robert Van Gulik. A superb thriller."
    —Los Angeles Times

    "An intriguing slice of the mores and habits of Japanese society . . . Seicho Matsumoto combines the prolific output of a Rex Stout with the literary qualities of Elmore Leonard."
    —San Francisco Chronicle

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