ドミノ

by Riku Onda

一億円の契約書を待つ、締切直前のオフィス。オーディション中、下剤を盛られた子役の少女。推理力を競い合う大学生。別れを画策する青年実業家。待ち合わせ場所に行き着けない老人。老人の句会仲間の警察ＯＢたち。真夏の東京駅、二七人と一匹の登場人物はそれぞれに、何かが起こる瞬間を待っていた。迫りくるタイムリミット、もつれ合う人々、見知らぬ者同士がすれ違うその一瞬、運命のドミノが次々と倒れてゆく！　抱腹絶倒、スピード感溢れるパニックコメディの大傑作！

Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

330 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2001

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.

Reviews

[Chihiro]

This book was so funny! An action comedy.
It was overwhelming because there were 28 characters!
The story takes place in Tokyo, Japan.
All these characters somehow come together at Tokyo Station where an explosive may or may not be detonated by this cult. Very entertaining and fast-paced.

There were pages at the beginning that shows us all the characters in a cute lttle illustration, which I adore!

At first I thought "How am I supposed to keep up with the story?There's too many characters!" but I am glad there was an illustration of the characters. That helped alot! I kind of wanted to imagine on my own though because that's part of the fun.

There's only 340 pages and the author wrote the story without it going out of places. Just like the title, when all these characters meet, they meet as if they all fall over like a row of dominoes.

[Kei Ishida]

とにかく登場人物が多い！
何の関わりもないと思っていた人たちに、いつの間にか繋がりができている。
ハチャメチャでスピーディーなストーリー展開がスカッとして気持ちいい！
明るい気分になりたいという人にオススメです！