The Inugami curse / Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Yumiko Yamazaki.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: London : Pushkin Press, 2020Copyright date: ©1972Description: 317 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781782275039
- 1782275037
- Inugamike no ichizoku. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Mystery | YOKOMIZO SEISHI | KK 2 | Available | 33111010395529 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers.
Translation of Inugamike no ichizoku.
"First published in Japan in 1972 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo"--Title page verso.
"In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis."--Provided by publisher.