セーラー服と機関銃

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

「え、私がやくざの組長ですって！」　父を殺されたばかりの可愛い女子高生・星泉は、ひょんなことから組員４人のおんぼろやくざ・目高組の組長を襲名する破目になった。が、襲名早々、組事務所には機関銃が撃ちこまれ、早くも波乱万丈の幕開けとなった！　父を殺した犯人は誰か？　父が持っていた二億円の麻薬の行方は？　組を支える任侠道一筋の佐久間、泉に憧れる同級生三人組、ハンサムな中年刑事、抗争を繰り返す二大組織暴力団らが入り乱れ、事態は奇想天外な方向へ……。

Genres: Mystery

First published October 1, 1981

About the author

Associated Names:
* 赤川次郎 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese)
* อาคากะวา จิโร (Thai)

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb (ホームタウンの事件簿 私語を禁ず Homu Taun no Jikenbo: Shigo o Kinzu?) and Voice from Heaven (天からの声 Ten kara no Koe?), were later made into anime, while Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Serafuku to Kikanju?) was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of August 2006, he had written more than 480 novels in the course of his thirty year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.

Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

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