Taipei Private Eye (Bunshun Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Before turning 50, playwright and university professor Wu Cheng breaks away from all ties and sets up a private detective's shingle in a back alley. When he gets caught up in a serial murder case that shocks the whole of Taipei, the amateur detective vows to find the real culprit on his own to clear his own false accusation. The cynical and philosophical monologue and the lively conversation that is typical of Taiwanese writing make this the definitive Chinese neo-hard-boiled novel! Winner of both the Translation Mystery Award and the Falcon Award.

劇作家で大学教授の呉誠は50歳を前に全てのしがらみを断ち、路地裏に私立探偵の看板を掲げる。台北中を震撼させる連続殺人事件に巻き込まれた素人探偵は、自らの冤罪をはらすため自力で真犯人を見つけ出すと誓う。シニカルかつ哲学的なモノローグ、台湾らしい丁々発止の会話で読ませる華文ネオ・ハードボイルドの決定版!翻訳ミステリー大賞&ファルコン賞ダブル受賞。