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Kyogoku, Natsuhiko: The Summer of the Ubume (1994, 2009 tr.)
The Summer of the Ubume
By Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander
Mystery/Horror
Vertical, 2009
Originally published in Japanese as Ubume no natsu by Kodansha, 1994
Paperback $16.95
978-1-934287-25-5
When Sekiguchi, a hack writer, becomes embroiled in a bizarre dead-end mystery, he turns to an old school friend, Akihiko “Kyogokudo” Chuzenji, for assistance. Kyogokudo is a proprietor of [...]
Mother knows best
Like many precocious readers, I began reading adult fiction long before I was actually in its target audience. This is partly because I grew up surrounded by my mother’s book collection, and it was only natural for me to pick up and attempt to read the ones that she liked best. I didn’t get my [...]
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