匣の中の失楽 (講談社ノベルス)

by 竹本健治

探偵小説愛好家の仲間うちで「黒魔術師」と綽名されていた曳間が殺害された。しかも友人のナイルズが現在進行形で書いている実名小説が予言した通りに……。弱冠２２歳の青年が書いたこの処女作は、推理小説史に新たな頂点を画し、新本格推理の原点といわれる伝説の名著となった。現実と非現実の狭間に現出する、５つの〈さかさまの密室〉とは！？　綾辻行人氏推薦。　（講談社ノベルス）

478 pages, Kindle Edition

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