The Honkaku Mysteries
Exploring the thriving tradition of classic Japanese whodunnits.
Exploring the thriving tradition of classic Japanese whodunnits.
Thanks to my guests, On Nomoto,聽grandson of honkaku writer Seishi Yokomizo,聽and Daniel Seton, commissioning editor at Pushkin Press.
Books mentioned:
鈥� The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo
鈥� ""The Spider"" by Koga Saburo, translated by Ho-Ling Wong and John Pugmire
鈥� Foreign Bodies edited by Martin Edwards
鈥� The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
鈥� The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
鈥� The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shiimada
鈥斺�淎 Brief Introduction To Honkaku And Shin Honkaku Mysteries鈥� by Tara Cheesman
鈥斺�淭he King Of The Golden Age Crime Novel In Japan: Seishi Yokomizo鈥� by Paul French
鈥� Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese Novel, 1880鈥�1930 by Satoru Saito
鈥� 鈥淚nheriting the Nation: Seishi Yokomizo鈥檚 Kindaichi Novels鈥� by Chiho Nakagawa in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2014, pp. 90鈥�99
鈥� Interview with translater Louise Heal Kawai on the In GAD We Trust podcast
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