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"Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny. An otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humour, sex, and the universal search for love and beauty - in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don't apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex...
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287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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" ... The 12 suspenseful stories in this book will lead you through an exciting series of dramatic twists and unexpected turns ... Ellery Queen chose these stories from among many thousands published in postwar Japan ... each story ... features an unsual crime and complex set of clues. Investigating them are a diverse and colorful cast of characters, including a calculating inspector, a tenacious journalist, and a determined scientist."--Back cover...
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