Eien No 1 / 2 (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] As soon as I lost my job, my luck turned around. I was able to end my relationship with my fiancee in just two hours at the end of the year, and I have no worries about my pocketbook because I never lose at bicycle races, which is my hobby. In addition, I had won a fair-skinned woman with long legs, so I could only say that I was in luck. As his twenty-seventh year dawned, everything seemed to be going well in Hiroshi Tamura's life, relying on his luck. However, since that time, he has been frequently mistaken for someone else on the street, has been harassed by a troublesome man, and is finally involved in a mysterious incident. There is a man in town who is a mirror image of himself. This is the immortal debut novel by Sato Nohsho, a master novelist who stands out from the crowd among contemporary writers. Includes "Afterword," a limited edition of the new paperback edition.

失業したとたんにツキがまわってきた。婚約相手との関係を年末のたった二時間で清算できたし、趣味の競輪は負け知らずで懐の心配もない。おまけに、色白で脚の長い女をモノにしたのだから、ついてるとしか言いようがない。二十七歳の年が明け、田村宏の生活はツキを頼りに何もかもうまくいくかに思われた。ところがその頃から街でたびたび人違いに遭い、厄介な男にからまれ、ついには不可解な事件に巻き込まれてしまう。自分と瓜二つの男がこの街にいる―。現代作家の中でも群を抜く小説の名手、佐藤正午の不朽のデビュー作。新装文庫限定「あとがき」収録。