![]() ![]() It is a whydunnit as much as a whodunnit. It touches upon such topical subjects as the growing popularity of international marriage in what has traditionally been a homogeneous society, the Korean fingerprinting issue, gender discrimination in the workplace and at home, tensions between the general populace and far right, supposedly patriotic elements, and Japan’s demographic crisis precipitated by an aging population and a shrinking birthrate. The novel is a dissection of modern Japan as well as a murder mystery. Chief Inspector Inoue of the local police force investigates, finding that the victim, Professor Masaki Nomura, had many enemies and few friends. The president of a small private university in a rural southern town is found in his office on campus one bright July day, his throat slit. Imperfect Strangers is a crime fiction novel set in present-day Japan. He faces his greatest challenge, risking professional ruin and personal disgrace, in his race to solve the case. ![]() ![]() To find Nomura’s killer, Inoue realises he must take into account issues festering in modern-day Japanese society. Inoue uncovers a web of deceit and self-deception, with nearly everyone involved harboring his own secrets and lies. ![]() President Nomura, head of a small university in Kyushu, the westernmost island of Japan, is found with his throat slit in his office Chief Inspector Inoue of the local police, learns that the victim had many enemies and few friends. ![]()
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