ガソリン生活

by Kōtarō Isaka, 伊坂 幸太郎

大学生の望月良夫は愛車のデミオ運転中に、偶然会った女優の翠を目的地へ送り届けることに。だが翌日、翠は事故死する。本当に事故だったのか？　良夫とその弟で大人びた小学５年生の亨は、翠を追いかけ回していた芸能記者・玉田と知り合い、事件に首を突っ込み始める。姉、母まで望月一家が巻き込まれて、謎は広がるばかり――。
朝日新聞夕刊の人気連載が待望の単行本化。物語の語り手はなんと本邦初！？の「車」。町を走る様々な車たちの楽しいおしゃべりが全編にさんざめく、前代未聞のユーモアミステリーにして、のんきな長男・大人びた弟…と個性的なキャラが揃った家族の暖かいエピソードに溢れた、チャーミングで愛すべき長編家族小説！

413 pages, Hardcover

First published March 7, 2013

About the author

Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂幸太郎, Isaka Koutarou) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.

Isaka was born in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the law faculty of Tohoku University, he worked as a system engineer. Isaka quit his company job and focused on writing after hearing Kazuyoshi Saito's 1997 song "Kōfuku na Chōshoku Taikutsu na Yūshoku", and the two have collaborated several times. In 2000, Isaka won the Shincho Mystery Club Prize for his debut novel Ōdyubon no Inori, after which he became a full-time writer.
In 2002, Isaka's novel Lush Life gained much critical acclaim, but it was his Naoki Prize-nominated work Jūryoku Piero (2003) that brought him popular success. His following work Ahiru to Kamo no Koin Rokkā won the 25th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers.
Jūryoku Piero (2003), Children (2004), Grasshopper (2004), Shinigami no Seido (2005) and Sabaku (2006) were all nominated for the Naoki Prize.
Isaka was the only author in Japan to be nominated for the Hon'ya Taishō in each of the award's first four years, finally winning in 2008 with Golden Slumber. The same work also won the 21st Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.

Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

就个人口味来说，伊坂的轻松故事们距离四星总差了那么一口气。无论是有萌点的脑洞，借书中人物之口表达点对社会问题的看法，还是看似八竿子打不着的几件事之间仿佛“我邻居的牙医遛狗的时候不小心尿坏了新线路上一颗花的那个主人就是为了翘班假装抢银行的那个人的前夫呢”这样的联系，看多几篇之后难免觉得有点套路。

《汽油》用一台私家车“小绿”的口吻讲了个大明星、狗仔记者和一个单亲家庭意外产生联系，并展开一段有惊无险的小冒险的故事。私家车们的性格被描绘得有点像宠物狗——崇拜见多识广的火车、激动起来雨刷器都想跟着颤抖（虽然并不能够）。不像小学生的次男有点像《哦！爸爸》里的由纪夫，而且这一家还在《汽油》里打酱油走了个过场呢。

[Nightkid · Rating 4 out of 5]

這本一本以汽車為視點的自傳體小說，還是一貫的伊坂風格，劇情腦洞有點大，而我亦總覺得那對明星戀人沒可能一直保持隱居狀態的。

[Nagisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A car is the narrator, and its dorky commentaries make the otherwise tense crime situations humorous.

[ツバキ · Rating 4 out of 5]

好久沒看伊坂老師的書！！！看了這本之後覺得果然這個人的小說還是很好看（雖然之前的確有幾本讓我覺得？？？的小說）這本是在說事實與流傳在眾人間的『事實』之間的差異，因為主角是汽車，所以以異於人類的觀點在看到女明星被記者追車而死的消息，並且因為是汽車，所以無法以自己去阻止或創造什麼，只能看著人類如何推動一切。總之還是一樣是有趣的伊坂。