![]() ![]() Her life with her daughter, her work at the bento shop, fulfill her. She’s happy she’s left her ex-husband behind and doesn’t work in a bar anymore. Every morning, before work, he buys a bento in the shop where she works. Soon she finds out that there’s another witness – her neighbour Ishigami. The only witness is her twelve year old daughter. ![]() Yasuko, who works in a bento shop, has killed her violent ex-husband. ![]() We know from the beginning who is the murderess and why she committed the crime. For once it’s not a “whodunnit” nor a “whydunnit” but rather a “will they get away with it”. Unusual and surprising and with such a special atmosphere. I’d bought the German translation of this book a year ago, but only remembered it when I came across the review of another of Higashino’s novels, Malice, on Guy’s blog. One is nonfiction, one is literary fiction, and this one, Keigo Higashino’s The Devotion of Suspect X, is a crime novel. I enjoyed my first book so much, that I’ve already read two other Japanese books. Towards the end of December I felt the urge to read Japanese literature. This year I thought I won’t make plans but if I happen to read Japanese literature, I will join spontaneously. Every year I want to participate in Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge but most of the time I miss it. ![]()
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