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The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows

The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows book

The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows

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Two Golden Age classics from Japan's grand master of mystery. Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and mystery fiction. In the early part of his career, he created the Japanese gothic mystery, developing the work of Edgar Allan Poe and related nineteenth century writers in a distinctly Japanese form. This part of his career coincided with a great flowering in Japanese literature and culture, a relatively free and uninhibited popular press being a defining feature of the times. In this context, Rampo's dark vision and extravagant grotesquery found an avid readership, and had a profound influence on other writers. The Black Lizard, a master criminal as deadly as she is beautiful, wagers all in an epic battle with a master detective. A mystery writer vows to protect the woman he secretly loves from the Beast in the Shadows, but disaster strikes when he turns detective himself.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
302
Publication Date:
2006-01-01
Publisher:
Intercom
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
4902075210
ISBN13:
9784902075212
Weight:
366 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
18 cm

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