Michael Robison :
>In the last couple years I've bought a lot more
books
>than I've read, so here recently I've been pretty
much
>in a no-book buying mode. But I found a display
with
>the novel OUT, by Natsuo Kirino. I had never heard
of
>it or her, but after reading the blurbs I bought
it.
>I'm glad I did. It's good. I'm about a hundred
pages
>into it. Wicked and dark.
>miker
>
Miker,
It's her. She's a female writer and she already won some of
the prestigious Japanese prize for mystery lit. I never read
anything really hard-boiled by this author, so I will be
grateful if you could give me the references (publisher, year
of publishing and if possible the Japanese title) of your
copy.
Here is what Noami Haida said about Kirino in an article she
wrote for HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES, about Japanese HB/noir lit.
Quote:
"With the 1990s, female writers also began to write
hard-boiled fiction. Natsuo Kirino won the Edogawa Rampo
award with her first typical hard-boiled novel, Hoho Ni
Kakaru Ame (Rain Dropping on the Cheeks, 1993), in which she
created a realistic Japanese female private eye named Milo
Murano after a James Crumley's protagonist, 'Milo'
Milodragovitch. She has also recently published some
excellent suspense novels."
If you are interested by more info about Japanese HB/noir you
will find the complete article on the H-B M Web site, under
the title: Nippon Noir at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
(see page 3 for Kirino)
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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