The Japan TimesMay 25, 2025
Seicho Matsumoto, one of Japan’s most prolific writers of detective fiction, took the 1974 “Beppu 300 million yen insurance murder” as a basis for his novella. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/25/books/suspicion-seicho-matsumoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #seichomatsumoto #jessekirkwood #books #literature #translation #mystery
Truth is slippery in ‘Suspicion,’ a detective story based on a true crime

Seicho Matsumoto’s mystery novella is based on 1974’s “Beppu 300 million yen insurance murder.”

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesMay 21, 2024
Nanae Aoyama’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novella captures the lonely juncture between adolescence and adulthood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/05/21/books/a-perfect-day-to-be-alone/ #culture #books #nanaeaoyama #jessekirkwood
'A Perfect Day to Be Alone': A touching and relatable examination of growing up

Nanae Aoyama’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novella captures the lonely juncture between adolescence and adulthood.

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TheEdinburghBookshopMar 28, 2023

Just out in paperback, this excellent new translation (by Jesse Kirkwood) of Tokyo Express, by one of the godfathers of Japanese detective fiction, Seicho Matsumoto, an engrossing, old-school detective novel from Penguin Classics, highly recommended by our own Joe

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