Now, for the first time, all seven stories available in one volume! Set in feudal Japan, Natsuhiko Kyogoku's chilling series interweaves tales of karma and retribution with supernatural tricksters and spirits. Join the Mendicant and his intrepid trio of con artists as they travel the length and breadth of Japan, devising ingenious schemes to avenge injustice and punish those beyond the reach of the law. These seven stories paint a colorful picture of Edo-period society-a world populated by peasants, samurai, priests and geisha plus an assortment of greedy merchants, corrupt officials, highway robbers, traveling entertainers, side-show performers, wandering ronin, serial murderers, crime bosses and more.
Author
Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume. (from Wikipedia)
