#WhatWereReading : Joe has been totally taken with Penguin Classic's new translations of the work of godfather of Japanese detective fiction, Seicho Matsumoto, especially the haiku-writing Inspector Imanishi, which is now out in a new paperback edition.

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#LunchtimeReading : a couple of recent translations of Seicho Matsumoto's 1950s Japanese detective novels have really gotten me into his work.

Lovely chum found an older edition of one I've not read in charity sale, so today it's Inspector Imanishi Investigates

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