Masako Togawa

The Lady Killer

Übersetzer: Grove, Simon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A dizzying tale of lust, mystery, and murder--from a beloved Japanese crime fiction author and LGBT icon The Lady Killer leads a double life in Tokyo's shadowy underworld. By day, he is a devoted husband and hard worker; by night, he cruises cabaret bars and nightclubs in search of lonely single women to seduce. But now the hunter is being hunted, and in his wake lies a trail of gruesome murders. Who is the culprit? The answer lies tangled in a web of clues--and to find it, he must accept that nothing is what it seems. The Lady Killer pulls from author Masako Togawa's vibrant personal life as a cabaret performer for Tokyo's gay nightclub scene during the '50s and '60s. Throughout her writing career, Togawa continued to champion the LGBT community as a queer woman--sealing her reputation as one of Japan's most prominent crime fiction authors and LGBT heroines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pushkin Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2026
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781805335160
• ISBN-10: 1805335162
• Artikelnr.: 75687037

Autorenporträt

Masako Togawa (1931-2016) was one of Japan's foremost writers of crime fiction. Born in Tokyo, she worked as a cabaret performer before beginning to write crime fiction backstage, during her breaks. Her debut thriller The Master Key (also available from Pushkin Vertigo) won Japan's prestigious Edgowa Rampo Prize, and Togawa went on to become a hugely successful author, while continuing to lead a colourful parallel life as a singer, actress, feminist, nightclub owner and gay icon. Simon Grove's translation of Masako Togawa's The Master Key is also available from Pushkin Press.