Inspector Imanishi investigates / Seicho Matsumoto ; translated by Beth Cary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992, author.

Contributor:

Cary, Beth (Translator), translator.

Series:

Penguin modern classics

Penguin modern classics.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Police--Japan--Tokyo--Fiction.

Police.

Detectives--Japan--Tokyo--Fiction.

Detectives.

Murder--Investigation--Japan--Tokyo--Fiction.

Murder.

Nineteen sixties--Fiction.

Nineteen sixties.

Tokyo (Japan)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan).

Musicians--Fiction.

Musicians.

Japanese fiction--Translations into English.

Japanese fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

343 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Penguin Books , 2025.

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man's body is found on the tracks. With only two leads - a distinctive accent and a single word, 'kameda' - senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro is called in to solve the puzzle. Setting aside his beloved bonsai and haikus, he must cross Japan in search of answers, from Osaka to Akita, accompanied by junior detective Yoshimura. At each new town, they encounter traces of the avant-garde Nouveau Group - young Tokyo artists who are bringing new ideas from the West. What to make of this modern collective? And how to stop another mysterious death occurring?"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

First published in Tokyo under Japanese title: Vessel of Sand (Suna no Utsuwa).

Translated from the Japanese.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Anonymous gift.

Contains:

Translation of: Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992. Suna no utsuwa. English

ISBN:

9780241724439

0241724430

OCLC:

1530056157