The Decagon House Murders: Yukito Ayatsuji (Pushkin Vertigo)

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Then seven plates appear on the table in the centre of the Decagon House – five of them displaythe words ‘First Victim, ‘Second Victim’ and so on. His celebration of traditional whodunits plays with the mystery genre in a wonderfully self-referential way… With each new murder, the remaining members of the group must use their knowledge of the genre to find the killer and try to stay alive. The book makes it very clear and explicit that it takes the story setting and other major elements from Christie’s novel And Then There Were None. Excepting Haruki Murakami’s novels, which often include elements of detection as well as the fantastic, this is — hangs head in shame — the first full-length Japanese mystery I’ve read.hack game series making a potential comeback, it’s worth examining why so many people want more of this iconic 20-year-old JPRG. First published in 1946, it was the first of his books to be translated to English, in 2019 (one more has followed, with two more on the way). Every detail of the decagon house is well-drawn, and he does a good job of making the bizarre layout make sense. The daughter, who was also amember of the mystery group, apparentlydied of alcohol poisoning at their New Year’s Eve party the previous year. Slip into an understated and atmospheric COMING-OF-AGE TALE set in a surf community with a seamy underbelly — which is the best kind of underbelly, after all?

They initially think one of them is playing a nasty prank but when they start getting killed off they realize that someone may have brought them to the island with murder in mind. I admire that Ayatsuji took on a classic Christie - there's so much love for the Golden Age mysteries in this book.Clodhopping prose and clunky exposition don't succeed in spoiling the pleasure of trying to guess the identity of the culprit, or the highly ingenious solution. One barely needs to crack open the spine on this book to get treated to its most delightful feature: its highly dramatic if silly theatrics. Seven students, members of their university's mystery club, decide to spend a week-long vacation on Tsunojima Island off the coast of Japan. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below.

They are introduced in quick succession as they arrive at the island, where they’ll be staying in the titular decagon house. May not be “fair play” if you aren't familiar with those Golden Age authors or Christie's novel, does get a little too caught up in its own schtick at times. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. One of the students meets an ill fate, and the remaining classmates must use their collective knowledge of sleuthing to uncover the facts of the case and ensure their own survival. that it's the 40th anniversary of Tetsuo Hara and Buronson's legendary series Fist of the North Star.

It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from August 2019 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.