Ten to Sen


Written in 1953, as was "Me no Kabe", "Ten To Sen" remains one of Matsumoto's best-known novels. It is one of the few available in English translation ("Points and Lines"). These two established Matsumoto's eternal position as Japan's master detective fiction author. Perhaps it was the early success of these novels with highly improbable crimes which led him to continue the pattern. A masterpiece unless you're already burned out.

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