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(5/5)July 30, 2023
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similar in difficulty to 巷説百物語L42
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harder than 三四郎L40
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harder than 用心棒日月抄L39
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harder than この本を盗む者はL37
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harder than 蝉しぐれ 上L35
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harder than 図書館戦争 図書館戦争シリーズ (1)L33
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harder than あやしL31
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harder than 鼠、江戸を疾るL30
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easier than 奥羽の二人L50??
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supernatural flavoured mystery with a lot of philosophical discussion
(Review date: Dec 2010)
This is a strong contender for the best book in Japanese I've read this year; it's certainly the longest.
It's a mystery novel with a supernatural flavour, set in Tokyo in the early 1950s.
The narrator, Sekiguchi, is a writer of magazine articles. At the start of the story, he visits a friend, named Chuuzenji Akihiko but who mostly goes by the nickname Kyougokudou from the name of the second hand bookshop he owns. Sekiguchi wants to discuss a rumour he's heard about