Informer - Hardcover

Takagi, Akimitsu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156947155X ISBN 13: 9781569471555

Publisher: SohoCrime,US, 2003

Synopsis

Based on a real-life incident, a novel of industrial espionage, adultery, and murder features a down-and-out stockbroker who finds himself the prime suspect in the killing of an old friend, who had married his former girlfriend.

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Review

Praise for "The Informer"
"Intricate . . . The reader is left in suspense until the end."
"The Washington Post Book World
""There are many webs and one or more deadly spiders spinning them in this intricate tale of deceit and murder.""
Publishers Weekly

"Praise for Akimitsu Takagi"
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"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."
"The A.V. Club
""Takagi s factional environment is reminiscent of the postwar photos of Tadahiko Hayashi, who captured telling images of demobbed soldiers, bars set up on garbage pits, bicycle rickshaws, smoking street waifs and striptease joints. More than a mere novel, Takagi has left us a document of the times.""
The Japan Times
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"Intricate, fantastic, and utterly absorbing. More, please.""
Kirkus Reviews""

Praise for The Informer
"Intricate . . . The reader is left in suspense until the end."
The Washington Post Book World
"There are many webs and one or more deadly spiders spinning them in this intricate tale of deceit and murder."
Publishers Weekly

Praise for Akimitsu Takagi

"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."
The A.V. Club
"Takagi s factional environment is reminiscent of the postwar photos of Tadahiko Hayashi, who captured telling images of demobbed soldiers, bars set up on garbage pits, bicycle rickshaws, smoking street waifs and striptease joints. More than a mere novel, Takagi has left us a document of the times."
The Japan Times

"Intricate, fantastic, and utterly absorbing. More, please."
Kirkus Reviews"

Praise for The Informer
"Intricate . . . The reader is left in suspense until the end."
The Washington Post Book World
Takagi s just-the-facts-ma am pace brings us swiftly to a clever and surprising conclusion.
The Wall Street Journal

"There are many webs and one or more deadly spiders spinning them in this intricate tale of deceit and murder."
Publishers Weekly
The Informer . . . offers the reader an intriguing insight into life in a post-World War II Japan.
Crimespree
Praise for Akimitsu Takagi

"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."
The A.V. Club
"Takagi s factional environment is reminiscent of the postwar photos of Tadahiko Hayashi, who captured telling images of demobbed soldiers, bars set up on garbage pits, bicycle rickshaws, smoking street waifs and striptease joints. More than a mere novel, Takagi has left us a document of the times."
The Japan Times

"Intricate, fantastic, and utterly absorbing. More, please."
Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author

Akimitsu Takagi (1920 1995) studied engineering at Kyoto University and later worked for the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Over the course of his writing career, he published fifteen popular mysteries and won the Japan Mystery Writers Club Award."

Edition details

• Publisher: SohoCrime,US
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156947155X
• ISBN 13: 9781569471555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257