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The Inugami curse / Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Yumiko Yamakazi.

Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981 (author.). Yamakazi, Yumiko, (translator.).

Summary:

"In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis." -- from back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781782275039 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1782275037 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 317 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Pushkin Press, 2020.

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General Note:
Translation of Inugamike no ichizoku.
"A classic Japanese murder mystery" -- from front cover.
"First published in Japan in 1972 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo"--Title page verso.

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