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毒笑小说

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《毒笑小说》是东野圭吾难得一见的短篇小说集,由12个短篇故事组成。作者东野圭吾说:每次在写“使人发笑的东西”之前,我都会认真思考“人们会为什么而笑”,不由得就想到了人心的变幻莫测,于是将目光集中到人类的滑稽和丑陋上,《毒笑小说》便是这样的作品。

《毒笑小说》故事梗概:

我杀了老婆,来到警察局自首。警察没有逮捕我,却不停说着:“您妻子被杀了,我们深表同情,现在我们正在全力调查,一定会将凶手逮捕归案。”

我是一个单身汉,一天接到一通自称绑匪打来的电话:“我绑架了一个孩子,这跟你不相干,但勒索孩子的父母让我良心上过意不去,所以我决定请你来付赎金。”

“唉,日本快没救了。”

295 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2010

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About the author

Keigo Higashino

193 books8,331 followers
Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)


Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.

The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.

Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.

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377 reviews50 followers
October 31, 2018
日本就是一个恨矛盾的国家 很多社会问题其实挺通用的
但阅读体验并不好 啰嗦 拖沓 这还是短篇小说集呢
16 reviews
February 6, 2017
妻子身亡却掩盖事实自己继续写作
杀掉妻子想自首警察却不让
认错杀人凶手却不敢承认怕人们嘲笑他
一连串打电话给别人要绑架赎金
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79 reviews1 follower
July 23, 2022
Such a great storyteller. Witty dark humor.
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72 reviews
February 20, 2013
和怪笑小說是同一系列的,東野圭吾想以黑色幽默的方式呈現,但可能是文化差異的關係,我比較無法和書中幽默的方式產生共鳴(這本書不是我的菜)!!
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38 reviews
January 22, 2021
I was touched by the story of the man who wanna be a pianist. I always pretend to ignore my dreams. :(
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