涂佛之宴:宴之支度 上

百鬼夜行 Chinese Split-Volume Edition

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, 京极夏彦, 王華懋 (Translator)

一名战前曾在偏远山村户人村担任驻警的退伍军人光保公平，为寻找传说中不老仙药「君封大人」重访户人村，没想到村民却集体消失、不知去向。三流文士关口巽受托查访真相，当谜底即将揭晓时他却失去意识，醒来时竟成为杀人嫌疑犯……
此外，拥有大片土地的富豪孙女怀疑爷爷记忆被人修改；传闻中百发百中、可左右国政的占卜师表明自己的预言全是捏造……各路人马假借延年益寿、神通为名，操控群众、恣意敛财，他们的目标全指向谜样的户人村……
世上真有不老仙药？面对众多强敌，京极堂如何全身而退？

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Japan, Detective

380 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[αcolon · Rating 3 out of 5]

四本一起评

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the re-reading, I realized I don't like this book so much, so I reduce one star, the concept is brilliant and the mystery of the vanished village is very, very intriguing; but sadly the entire book is to freaking long winded (in fact it has been separated into four volumes, four!)