The village of eight graves / Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981, author.

Contributor:

Karetnyk, Bryan, translator.

Pushkin Press, publisher.

Series:

Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi .

[Detective Kosuke Kindaichi]

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi

Standardized Title:

Yatsuhakamura. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Kindaichi, Kōsuke (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Kindaichi, Kōsuke.

Kindaichi, Kōsuke (Fictitious character).

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

History.

Police.

Japan.

Police--Japan--Fiction.

Nineteen thirties--Fiction.

Nineteen thirties.

Japan--History--20th century--Fiction.

Murder--Japan--Investigation--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

History.

Novels.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

349 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2021.

Language Note:

In English. Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

Notes:

"The award-winning classic murder mystery." -- Cover.

First published in Japan as Yatsuhakamura in 1971 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo.

Series information from Goodreads.com.

This title is #3 in the "English translation order" of the series, according to Goodreads. Volume number for the original Japanese order is not given on Goodreads.

ISBN:

1782277455

9781782277453

OCLC:

1240413338

Publisher Number:

99989677503