Each sheds more light on the tragicĪ theme is that truth is entirely subjective. We hear from Saiga, herīrothers, her assistant, her editor, the housekeeper’s daughter, the chiefĭetective investigating the case, a shopkeeper, and others. Interviews (really monologues), letters, and diaries offering the perspective The book has a non-traditional structure. So some people suspect that the mastermind of the murder plot has not beenĪosawa family, wrote a book about the tragedy a decade later, but she offered There is, however, no explanation of motive Solved when a man commits suicide and leaves a note admitting his guilt. Ill-effects for a long time afterwards, and Hisako, the beautiful, enigmatic,Īnd blind daughter of the Aosawa family who was present at the party but did Housekeeper, who sipped only a little bit of a poisoned drink but suffers Seaside city in 1973 during a family celebration. The novel is set 30 years after the murder of 17 people in an unnamed The author has won several Japanese writingĪwards and I certainly hope more of her books will be translated.

This unconventional Japanese psychological thriller was published inĢ005 but not translated into English until this year.

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