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All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe Review

March 15, 2022 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

All She Was Worth by Miyuki MiyabeAll She Was Worth is a 1992 noir mystery written by Miyuki Miyabe, one of Japan’s most famous genre writers, including crime fiction. Taking place in the early 1990s, the novel captures the zeitgeist of the Bubble Economy of the 80s/early 90s, which would soon pop and led to the infamous “Lost Decade.”

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Tagged With: Japan, Japanese fiction, mystery, noir

Winter Raven Review & Adam Baker Interview

January 25, 2020 by Matthew Legare 1 Comment

Winter Raven by Adam Baker is a thriller novel mixed with espionage, philosophy, martial arts, and war, all set against the backdrop of Winter Raven by Adam BakerJapan’s chaotic Sengoku Era.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese fiction, Japanese History, Thrillers

7 Edogawa Ranpo Recommendations

October 29, 2018 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Edogawa RanpoEdogawa Ranpo has become synonymous with Japanese horror and mystery fiction. Using a pen name based off of Edgar Allen Poe, (try saying it three times fast), the author Taro Hirai wrote many short stories and novels as Edogawa Ranpo (sometimes Romanized as Rampo). Like his namesake, Ranpo wrote mostly horror and mystery stories, basically introducing the genres into Japanese literature. While Ranpo has a plethora of material to choose from, here are my recommendations on where to start with his writing and films based off his work.

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Tagged With: Book Reviews, horror, Japan, Japanese fiction, mystery, Pulp

Zero Over Berlin Review

April 17, 2018 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

What is the Luftwaffe possessed the Japanese Zero fighters? From this intriguing premise comes the book Zero Over Berlin, a fairly standard adventure novel set in 1940 from author Joh Sasaki.Zero Over Berlin Cover

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Tagged With: Book Reviews, Japanese fiction, Japanese Military, Secret History, World War II

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