Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award
麝香ねずみ 長崎奉行所秘録 伊立重蔵事件帖 (文春文庫 さ 54-1 長崎奉行所秘録伊立重蔵事件帖)
A period novel in which magistrate’s officer Itate Juzo arrives in Nagasaki ahead of his superior and enters a city corrupted by a gang dealing in opium and illegal firearms. Set in a Nagasaki scented with foreign trade, it opens a series about confronting crime and vested interests.
Work Information
A samurai officer from Edo confronts the Musk Rat gang eating into Nagasaki.
The first volume in the Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office Secret Records: Itate Juzo Casebook series from Bunshun Bunko. After receiving a commendation in the Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award, Kyoichiro Sashikata wrote this original full-length period novel set around the Nagasaki magistrate’s office. ISBN 9784167821012.
Review Summaries
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The review values the fresh Nagasaki setting and the old-fashioned title that invites period-fiction readers’ expectations. As the first series entry, it foregrounds both character and place.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 文藝春秋
- Published
- 2011-09-02
- Pages
- 255 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784167821012
- ISBN-10
- 416782101X
- Price
- 539 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
「麝香ねずみ」と呼ばれる悪の一味に蝕まれた長崎の街に、江戸からきた男、奉行所与力・伊立重蔵が立ち向かう。新シリーズ第1弾
Reviews
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面白い
並みの時代小説に飽きた読者にお薦め。 色気のシーンは無いが時代と土地の香りがする。
Related Literary Awards
- Kyushu Saga Popular Literature Award Edition 10 (2003) ・honorable mention