The kubishime romanticist
By: Nisioisin ; illustrations by Take ; translated by Greg Moore
Contributors: Take, 1983-; Moore, Greg
Series: Zaregoto -- bk. 2
Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780345505781
Subjects: College students; Murder; Investigation; Fiction
Work titles: Kubishime romanchisuto
Description: "Fresh from unmasking an assassin on a posh island paradise, Ii-chan is finally an ultra-cool college student--jaded, sarcastic, and not exactly consumed by academic ambition. Now more interested in angst and anomie than in catching killers, Ii-chan figures that danger is a thing of the past. Wrong! There's a homicidal maniac loose in Kyoto, a perp with the soul of an artist whose talent is apparent in the inspired way he festoons his crime scenes with body parts. But then murder hits much closer to home. Hours after attending a friend's birthday party, Ii-chan learns that the guest of honor, a pretty co-ed, has been found strangled to death. What's more, Ii-chan is the prime suspect. The lackadaisical college kid had better hope that his crime-solving skills weren't just a fluke, because the killer is within striking distance... of him"--Cover, P. [4].
Notes: "First published in Japan in 2002 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo as Zaregoto series: Kubishime romanchisuto"--Verso, t.p.