Crime And Fiction
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‘The Tattoo Murder’ injects local aesthetics into a post-World War II Japanese crime novel
The novel is a gripping page-turner of the first order that also wonderfully explores Tokyo, then a city in ruins.
Saptak Choudhury
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For whom the bell tolls: tales of murder and madness on the fictional Gokumon Island
The novel’s real strength lies in its beautiful, lyrical, character-driven approach, with sketches and dialogues that propel the narrative.
Saptak Choudhury
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Crime fiction: Three novels where we don’t see the solutions because of our blind spots
The first in a new series on crime fiction: A deep dive into the plots of ‘The Footprints on the Ceiling’, ‘Rim of the Pit’, and ‘Invisible Green’.
Saptak Choudhury
Trending
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Not all Japanese crime fiction is superb, as Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘The Village of Eight Graves’ shows
The sixth and final in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
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What is the shin honkaku sub-genre of mystery? How did Japanese writer Soji Shimada make it popular?
The fifth in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
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How a Japanese island mystery novel replicated the Ellery Queen and Sherlock Holmes brand of mystery
The fourth in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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How Keikichi Ōsaka blended crime with philosophical meditations on the puzzling nature of existence
The third in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
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‘The Red Locked Room’: How Tetsuya Ayukawa unlocks locked room mysteries
The second in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
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Can a detective novel study the evolution of a city through its history of crime and detection?
The first in a series of essays on crime fiction and literary trends.
Saptak Choudhury
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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