The first book-length study of Japan's detective fiction, Murder Most Modern considers the important role of detective fiction in defining the country's emergence as a modern nation-state. Kawana's comparative approach reveals how Japanese authors of the genre emphasized the vital social issues that captured the attention of thrill-seeking readers - while eluding the eyes of government censors.
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University of Minnesota Press
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9780816650262
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Murder Most Modern: Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture