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.
หนังสือเหมาะกับพวก pro life เนื้อหาก้บูด ๆ ตามประสา pro life โรแมนติไซส์ท้องวัยเรียน (ผุ้ใหญ่พรากย์ผู้เยาว์ด้วยซ้ำ แต่ก้อตามประสาประเทดเกาะ ชั้นคงไม่หวัง) โรแมนติไซ้อุ้มท้องลูกให้เกิดมารับกรรมโรคทางพันธุกรรมที่ยุติได้ถ้าทำแท้งแต่ไม่ยอมทำแท้ง ซึ่งทุกอย่างนี้มีแต่ตัวละครชายทั้งนั้นที่แฮปปี้กันอยู่ที่ได้เกิดมา และได้ห้ามไม่ให้ผุ้หญิงทำแท้ง เริ่ด ไม่เคยเจอหนังสืออ.เคโงะที่เนื้อหาส้นเท้าขนาดนี้ ผิดหวังมากค่ะ
หนึ่งในเรื่องทีคนอ่านเสียงแตกพอสมควร ผมชอบมากนะ เรื่องราวเป็นแนว coming of age เรียกอย่างนี้น่าจะเหมาะ(แต่เป็นของทาคุมินะ) ส่วนดราม่าก็ดี ไม่ค่อยยัดเยียด ตัวละครแต่ละตัวมีบุคลิกและการตัดสินใจที่น่าจดจำและน่ากลับมาขบคิด
apparently this book got quite some good reviews, but the translation is rather clunky, and the buildup too protracted, and payoff ultimately pointless. the elements of time travel was evident at the start but not used to full effect by half of the book, and the author (un)fortunately created a main character that was essentially a rascal throughout the entire book and almost unredeemably unlikable.
Weird book from Keigo Higashino. Which I can't locate it as a "Family", "Suspense", or "Sci-Fi" genre. At first few chapter, it feels like a "Sci-Fi" and "Family" novel, once the plot starts developing, it becomes a "Suspense" and sort-of "Investigation" novel. As the plot resolves, it becomes "Family" again.
Weird, just weird.
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