サーカスの怪人

少年探偵 #15

by Edogawa Rampo

少年探偵団の井上君とノロちゃんは、町で怪しげな骸骨男に遭遇、尾行を開始する。骸骨男はサーカス小屋の中で忽然と姿を消し、その日から小屋の中で恐ろしい出来事が次々と起こり始める。名探偵・明智小五郎と、小林少年率いる少年探偵団の活躍が始まった―。

Tankobon Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Hirai Tarō (平井 太郎), better known by the pseudonym Rampo Edogawa ( 江戸川 乱歩), sometimes romanized as "Ranpo Edogawa", was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction.

Reviews

[Angel 一匹狼 · Rating 3 out of 5]

If this was my first Rampo's book in the "Young detectives" series, it would have been a fun, and in some moments, surprising, story, Rampo's imagination showing in all of its pages. Being my seventh it is still a fun, but not very surprising, read, as, if you have read any of the books in the series before, you know almost all that will happen even before opening the book. It is still a charming read, Edogawa a gifted writer, and if you are starting to read in Japanese, a pretty easy one, because the vocabulary is not overly complicated, even if it has some old fashioned expressions. For completists of the series or younger readers.

The best: it's Edogawa Rampo

The worst: not an ounce of originality here

Alternatives: start with the two first in the series; read Rampo's stories for adults, they are superfun

6/10

(Japanese; original)

[Le · Rating 3 out of 5]

首次出现二十面相的真名和部分背景，但最后的追捕一幕简直是在抹黑他，我强烈抗议！