Description

Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and mystery fiction. The Edogawa Rampo Reader presents a selection of outstanding examples of his short fiction, and a strong selection of his non-fiction prose on film and media, the history of detective fiction, sexuality and more. Together, they present a full and accurate picture of Rampo as a major contributor to the Japanese literary scene, helping to clarify his achievements to the English-speaking world. All the content of the Rampo Reader is brand-new to English. His non-fiction work has never been translated into English before. This is the only place to find a comprehensive one-volume introduction to the world of Edogawa Rampo. This version officially replaces the now out-of-print original version published by Kurodahan Press (2008).