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1950s mystery from the pioneer of Japanese socially realistic crime fiction
(Review date: April 2011)
This is a mystery story; it was first published in 1959, so it's more than 50 years old now. I picked it up because I'd previously enjoyed another book by the author (点と線).
The book is written in a 'tight third person' style; we follow the viewpoint of Teiko, a 26-year-old woman who has just got married. It's an お見合い marriage, so she doesn't know much about her new husband, Uhara Ken'ichi. During their honeymoon Uhara seems to sometimes behave a bit oddly, but he defi