1st US edition (orig pub in Japan in somewhat different form in1948), with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. WINNER OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS CLUB AWARD OF JAPAN in 1949. It remains to this day among the most read of Japanese detective mysteries. Using their flesh as canvas, the yakuza made full body tatoos their badge of defiiance. A seam was left in the design so that they could be collected after death in one piece without distirbing the pattern. The most famous collection is housed in Tokyo University and it is from hthere that a most unusual murder occurs - the victim's own full-body tattoo has been stolen; the "canvas" mutilated.

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Titre

THE TATTOO MURDER CASE **AWARD WINNER**

�diteur

Soho, NY

Date de parution

1998

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

1569471088

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9781569471081

Reliure

Hard Cover

�dition

First Edition.

�tat de l'article

Near Fine

�tat de la jaquette

Fine

Type de livre

Book

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Book by Akimitsu Takagi

Revue de presse

Praise for The Tattoo Murder Case

“Like voyeurs, we follow Takagi down the charred streets of bombed-out Tokyo to scenes of fastidiously executed decadence . . . [A] tale of sexual obsession and perversity.”
—The New York Times Book Review

"The Tattoo Murder Case is a delightful, different book, not only because of its unusual setting and premise, but because Takagi is a powerful plotter and constructor of fascinating, complex characters. Introducing American audiences to great foreign mysteries (as well as unusual domestic voices) has become a Soho Press trademark, and almost everything in its catalog is top-notch. The Tattoo Murder Case is a high-water mark even by those high standards."
—The A.V. Club

“Clever, kinky, highly entertaining . . . I want more.”
—Washington Post Book World

“Elegant.”
—The Seattle Times

“An engaging, refreshingly different invitation to fictional mayhem.”
—Arizona Daily Star

“Intricate, fantastic and utterly absorbing. More please . . . Calculated to outdo John Dickson Carr in both ghoulishness and ingenuity.”
—Kirkus Reviews

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