description: In this gripping novel by the author of The Woman in the Dunes, an alluring woman hires a private eye to track down her missing husband. The detective's investigation takes him deep into Tokyo's sleazy underworld, with its back-alley nude bars, savage gangs, and relentless violence. Before long he is facing both outward danger and inward turmoil as he comes to identify with the man he is hunting.
language: English
title: The Ruined Map
titlecomplete: The Ruined Map
genres: Japan, Crime, Literature, Novels, Classics, Japanese Literature, Thriller, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2383
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞
publisher: Kodansha USA Inc