The perfect crime

Japanese: 《完全犯罪》 - かんぜんはんざい
The perfect crime

…He established a printing company in 1922 (Taisho 11), and in the four years leading up to its closure he completed a full-length detective novel and other works, but did not publish them. In 1933 (Showa 8), he published The Perfect Crime, which attracted attention in the detective literary world for its unusual subject matter and fresh style. The following year, he published The Black Death Mansion Murder Case, a unique work that constructed a world of splendid abstract logic. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "the perfect crime" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1922年(大正11)に印刷所を設立し,閉鎖するまでの4年間に長編探偵小説などを脱稿したが発表に至らなかった。33年(昭和8)に《完全犯罪》を発表,その異色の素材と清新なスタイルで探偵文壇の注目の的となった。翌年の長編《黒死館殺人事件》は絢爛たる抽象論理の世界を構築したユニークな作である。…

※「《完全犯罪》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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