The Devil's Disciple
Published on 15. September 2011
112 pages
978-1-78094-030-4 (ISBN)
Description
The first English language translation of a chilling murder mystery by a prolific Japanese detective novelist_x000D_
'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.'_x000D_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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Language
English
Place of publication
NYC
United States
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Windows
File size
0,99 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78094-030-4 (9781780940304)
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Shiro Hamao
The Devil's Disciple
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07/2011
Hesperus Press Ltd
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Viscount Shiro Hamao (1895-1935) was the scion of one of modern Japan's most prestigious families, a public prosecutor, and an early advocate of gay rights. In the few years before his early death, Hamao gave up his career as a prosecutor and became a prolific writer of detective fiction.
