The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Kurodahan Press
Country of origin:	Japan
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Rampo Edogawa
Translators:	Ian Hughes
Introduction by:	Mark Schreiber
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-4-902075-21-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	4-902075-21-0
Barcode:	9784902075212

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