Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2011) grand prize
Kazuhiro Hosaka
ホウサカ カズヒロ
Hosaka Kazuhiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Lawyer
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Prize | Bengoshi Tantei Monogatari: Tenshi no Wakemae | — | Takarajimasha | Winner |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Prize
Work:
Bengoshi Tantei Monogatari: Tenshi no Wakemae
Organization:
Takarajimasha
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bengoshi Tantei Monogatari: Tenshi no Wakemae
MysterySet in Fukuoka, the protagonist (a lawyer, narrated in first person) clashes with the judiciary and prosecution over the handling of a mother-and-child murder trial and is disciplined. After returning to practice, a man who lost his wife and child in the case appears, and the protagonist takes on the case again to pursue its troubling inconsistencies.
law and justiceethicsrevengelegal system
Bibliography
- Bengoshi Tantei Monogatari: Tenshi no Wakemae
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- hard-boiledlegal realism
- Recurring Motifs
- drunken lawyerjudicial contradictions
Legacy
Recognized as a traditional legal mystery incorporating insights into the legal profession unique to a practicing lawyer. As a debut work it attracted attention and was introduced widely after winning the Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Prize.
Trivia
- Reportedly wrote the novel in four and a half months by writing after returning from work as a practicing lawyer (source needed).
- Winner of the 10th "Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!" Grand Prize.