Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.
The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.
Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
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I remember watching the live action years ago and having a lot of fun with it. Bought the books almost immediately but always left them for later because I was so sure I'd enjoy them I decided to try other stories first. And well, maybe my expectations were too high, but I really didn't enjoy them. Especially the second book that felt too disjointed from the first one...
Higashino never ceases to amaze me with his way of narrating detective stories. One thing I like about his books is that, the detective stories themselves seem to be less attractive than the background he set and the way he narrates them. This one is the same. You know there is definitely something going on about the background, but you can't quite figure it out until he tells you at the end of the book. A short page turner that worth reading.
Intriguing but predictable as per Hubby! It’s not his genre (sci-fi mystery) but this might be other people’s genre and he hopes other readers will find this book (#名偵棎的枷鎖) by #HigashinoKeigo interesting. #chinesetranslation. He gives this book a 3⭐️.