Paul Estaver, Author, Seicho Matsumoto, Author Soho Press $17.95 (313p) ISBN 978-0-939149-25-4
Two families uneasily merged into one are the subject of this keenly observant, precise but unadorned novel, the first by 62-year-old poet Estaver ( Salis bury Beach ) to be published. At 50, Henry Calef is twice divorced, very reserved and...
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Seicho Matsumoto, Author, Beth Cary, Translator Soho Press $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-939149-28-5
The corpse of an unknown provincial is discovered under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station, and Detective Imanishi is assigned to the case. ``Matsumoto is reputed to be Japan's leading mystery writer; this 1961 work is proof that he is a first-r
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Seicho Matsumoto, trans. from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai. Bitter Lemon, $14.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-908524-63-8
Why would a woman with a serious heart condition risk her health by climbing a steep hill in an area where she knew no one? That conundrum obsesses Japanese bureaucrat Tsuneo Asai, the hero of this stellar psychological thriller from Matsumoto (Inspe
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Seicho Matsumoto, Author, Adam Kabat, Translator Kodansha America $17.95 (179p) ISBN 978-0-87011-895-1
Kabat's translation conveys the undiluted flavor of six tales by Matsumoto, long a favorite among mystery writers in Japan. Displaying his talent for tricking even sharp puzzle solvers, each story dramatizes a supposedly perfect crime. In ``The...
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