An excellent historical crime narrative that blends tradition and modernity
[ad_1] The cover of Pushkin Vertigo’s 2023 English edition of Fūtarō Yamada’s 1979 novel, Meiji Dantodai (translated as The Meiji Guillotine Murders), briefly describes the book as follows: “Death stalks Old Edo”. It is, I feel, a curiously appropriate descriptor, for reasons that go beyond the initial impressions one gets from it. Starting out as … Read more