The Inugami Curse is a 1951 Japanese mystery novel by Seishi Yokomizo. It is part of the Kosuke Kindaichi series, which began with the 1946 novel The Honjin Murders. The Inugami Curse was first published in English as The Inugami Clan by ICG Muse in 2003; this same translation was used for Stone Bridge Press's 2007 edition and Pushkin Vertigo's 2020 edition.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The Inugami Curse has been adapted twice for Japanese cinema, in 1976 as The Inugami Family and again in 2006 as The Inugamis. Both films were directed by Kon Ichikawa.
Plot
editPrivate detective Kosuke Kindaichi is summoned to a remote part of Japan by one of the attorneys of a rich businessman who has recently died. The attorney is distraught because he believes that the dead man's will is sure to set off a ferocious battle amongst his heirs, most of whom hate each other. Almost immediately after Kindaichi's arrival the lawyer is murdered, and the detective soon finds himself enmeshed in the family's history of bitterness and deceit as more bodies begin to pile up.
References
edit- ^ Yokomizo, Seishi (2003). The Inugami Clan. ICG Muse. ISBN 4925080768.
- ^ Yokomizo, Seishi (2007). The Inugami Clan. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1933330317.
- ^ Yokomizo, Seishi (2020). The Inugami Curse. Pushkin Vertigo. ISBN 1782275037.
- ^ "How locked-room mystery king Seishi Yokomizo broke into English at last". the Guardian. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ Smith, Joan. "The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo review — Japan's Agatha Christie". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ "Honkaku: a century of the Japanese whodunnits keeping readers guessing". the Guardian. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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