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Inspector Imanishi Investigates

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Penguin Classics, 352 pages.
ISBN: 9780241724439


£9.99 GBP
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Tokyo, 1960. As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man’s body is found on the tracks.

With only two leads – a distinctive accent and a single word, ‘kameda’ – senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro is called in to solve the puzzle. Setting aside his beloved bonsai and haikus, he must cross Japan in search of answers, from Osaka to Akita, accompanied by junior detective Yoshimura. At each new town, they encounter traces of the avant-garde Nouveau Group – young Tokyo artists who are bringing new ideas from the West.

What to make of this modern collective? And how to stop another mysterious death occurring? Inspector Imanishi investigates…


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