Edogawa Rampo: The Early Cases Of Akechi Kogoro
by Rampo Edogawa /
2014 / English / EPUB
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Akechi Kogoro, detective extraordinaire.
Akechi Kogoro, detective extraordinaire.
In Japan, this is a name that fires the hearts and imaginations
of readers young at heart. Cool and sophisticated, Akechi moves
effortlessly through the world of Japan in the golden era between
the wars, defeating masterminds and saving the day. He has been
the hero of Japanese children for generations, and starred in a
host of movies.
In Japan, this is a name that fires the hearts and imaginations
of readers young at heart. Cool and sophisticated, Akechi moves
effortlessly through the world of Japan in the golden era between
the wars, defeating masterminds and saving the day. He has been
the hero of Japanese children for generations, and starred in a
host of movies.
The stories in this volume predate all of that; his secret
origin, if you will. Readers familiar with the exploits of the
great detective Akechi Kogoro might have some difficulty
recognizing the impeccably dressed and universally respected man
of action in the amateur detective, an eccentric twenty-something
of little means with disheveled hair and a shabby kimono. The
Akechi who appears in this volume is a hobbyist in crime whose
identity is not yet fixed either in the eyes of the reading
public or in the mind of his creator. Supporting characters such
as Akechi's wife and his young assistant have not yet been
introduced, and the first confrontation between the great
detective and the Fiend with Twenty Faces is still a decade away.
The stories in this volume predate all of that; his secret
origin, if you will. Readers familiar with the exploits of the
great detective Akechi Kogoro might have some difficulty
recognizing the impeccably dressed and universally respected man
of action in the amateur detective, an eccentric twenty-something
of little means with disheveled hair and a shabby kimono. The
Akechi who appears in this volume is a hobbyist in crime whose
identity is not yet fixed either in the eyes of the reading
public or in the mind of his creator. Supporting characters such
as Akechi's wife and his young assistant have not yet been
introduced, and the first confrontation between the great
detective and the Fiend with Twenty Faces is still a decade away.
Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the
acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and
mystery fiction. He is also a major writer in the tradition of
Japanese Modernism, and exerts a massive influence on the popular
and literary culture of today's Japan.
Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the
acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and
mystery fiction. He is also a major writer in the tradition of
Japanese Modernism, and exerts a massive influence on the popular
and literary culture of today's Japan.