Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award
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Edition 5 (2006) grand prize
Jun Izono
いそのじゅん
Izono Jun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, mystery writer
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 'This Mystery Is Amazing!' Grand Prize | Trial & Error (title at time of award) | 大賞 | Takarajimasha (editorial committee of 'This Mystery Is Amazing!') | winner |
'This Mystery Is Amazing!' Grand Prize
2006
Work:
Trial & Error (title at time of award)
Category:
大賞
Organization:
Takarajimasha (editorial committee of 'This Mystery Is Amazing!')
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Breakthrough Trial
2007 Mystery 336 pagesSet around a high-stakes intrusion contest called the Breakthrough Trial hosted by an information-security company, the novel follows protagonists who attempt to bypass sophisticated security, acquire an internal marker and incriminating documents, and escape. The story combines technical security tricks, heist-style escape sequences, and interpersonal revelations and conflicts.
information securityinfiltration and escapeheistethics and corporate wrongdoing
Bibliography
- Breakthrough Trial (hardcover: 2007, Takarajimasha)
- Breakthrough Trial (paperback: 2009, Takarajimasha Bunko)
- Tokyo Bayside Recovery Project: Breakthrough Trial 2
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- precise, technically informed prosemeticulously plotted
- Recurring Motifs
- security technologyinfiltration and escapeteamwork and betrayal
Legacy
A debut novel that won the 'This Mystery Is Amazing!' Grand Prize. Praised for precise depictions of information-security techniques and its entertaining heist suspense, the work is noted for its technical inventiveness; some reviewers also commented on the author's painstaking prose.
Quotes
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Well done as a modern safe-cracking suspense, full of the fun of films like 'The Score' or 'The Italian Job' — however, the writing can be overly meticulous.
Source: Nozomi Omori (book review) (2007) -
The array of security techniques is highly attractive, ideas are plentiful and never boring. The stylish prose also shines.
Source: Norio Chaki (mystery critic) (2007)
Trivia
- Title at time of award: 'Trial & Error'
- Hardcover first published: 2007-01-26 (Takarajimasha)
- Paperback published: 2009-03-19 (Takarajimasha Bunko)
- Cover illustration: Taiko Matsuo; design: Osamu Matsuzaki
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-7966-5673-3
- Paperback ISBN: 978-4-7966-6827-9