Points and Lines
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Author | Seichō Matsumoto |
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Original title | Ten to Sen (点と線) |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Publication date | 1958 |
Publication place | Japan |
Points and Lines (Japanese: 点と線, Hepburn: Ten to Sen), is a novel by Seichō Matsumoto, published in 1958.[1][2] It was rereleased as Tokyo Express by Penguin Classics in 2022.[3]
Matsumoto is Japan's most celebrated crime writer, and this was his first full-length detective novel. It has been described as one of the ten greatest crime novels of all time.[4]
References
- ^ Thomas, Russell (9 April 2023). "'Tokyo Express': Postwar detective noir basks in the details". The Japan Times.
- ^ Girard, André (23 September 1989). "Corruption et poésie cohebitent bien". Le Devoir (in French). p. D-7.
- ^ "Tokyo Express". Penguin Books.
- ^ J. Madison Davis (2006). "The 10 Greatest Crime Novels of All Time? Some Candidates". World Literature Today. Vol. 80, no. 1. pp. 6–8. doi:10.2307/40159014.
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