新装版 匣の中の失楽

by Kenji Takemoto, 竹本健治

推理小説マニアの大学生・曳間が、密室で殺害された。しかも仲間が書いている小説の予言通りに。現実と虚構の狭間に出現する５つの《さかさまの密室》とは？　'78年、弱冠22歳の青年によって書かれたこの処女作は「新本格の原点」、「第４の奇書」と呼ばれる伝説の書となった。いまだ色褪せない未体験の読書を今こそ！　幻のサイドストーリー『匳（こばこ）の中の失楽』も収録！

832 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published December 1, 1983

Reviews

[F Gato]

Another “sacrifice to nothingness” (rolling my eyes)
Bots and whatever theory and layers of narrations to confuse reader (and probably the writer himself?)

What do we learn from it? I dare anyone to rehearse any of these “closet murder” in real life.

[Jimyip · Rating 2 out of 5]

The motive is peculiar. Some clue seems to be unused. Trying to hard to impress the audience with obscure detail, but fail to reach the depth of his teacher's work Kyoumu e no Kumotsu.

[Life · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stuck with me much more vividly on a re-read, the structure of this book is still potentially one of my favourites and I love what's done with it here.

Sep 2025: 5/5
Mar 2024: 4/5