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Japan: Salvation of a Saint

Destination:  Japan


Book: Salvation of a Saint  by  Keigo Higashino (new on CD from MacMillan, and in print from Minator Press, but book was first published in 2008 in Japan.)

I always knew that a fundamental of Japanese society is sensitivity to other people, formal relationships and concern with saying the proper thing.  So when I started listening to the audio book of Salvation of a Saint , I wondered how a Japanese detective story would differ from an American or European detective story. Continue reading Japan: Salvation of a Saint