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Seesaw Monster

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Seesaw Monster

Contributors:

By (Author) Kotaro Isaka
Translated by Sam Malissa

ISBN:

9781787304734

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publication Date:

1st July 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Crime and mystery fiction
Fiction in translation
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Short stories
Novella (Short Novel)

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

350g

Description

Two inventive tales of espionage in one, from the internationally bestselling author of Japanese fiction sensation Bullet Train Two inventive tales of espionage in one, from the internationally bestselling author of Japanese fiction sensation Bullet Train In Japan's recent past, Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. She uses her secret skills as an ex-spy to investigate her, while trying to maintain a peaceful home life. And in Japan's not-too-distant future, a courier named Mito finds himself embroiled in the death of the developer of a sinister AI surveillance system. Seesaw Monster contains two sharp, thrilling novellas from the bestselling and multi-award-winning writer Kotaro Isaka.

Reviews

Thoroughly enjoyable * Guardian,onBULLET TRAIN *
Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses * Financial Times,onBULLET TRAIN *
Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it * The Times,onBULLET TRAIN *
An offbeat but touching thriller, with a wonderful final twist * Mail on Sunday,onTHE MANTIS *

Author Bio

Kotaro Isaka (Author) Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers' Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and fourteen of his books have been adapted for film or TV. He is the author of the international bestseller Bullet Train, which was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Sam Malissa (Translator) Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.

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