Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko’s next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step.
When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko’s manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there’s something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.
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評分##(19/50)再理性再邏輯的人,愛情也不會對他網開一麵。
評分##英文翻譯樸素直白,全程對話抓眼球。雖然八年前看過中文版,最後一小時聽凶手同學解說,還是感動瞭一下下。東野圭吾總是讓我想到某大學友人:)
評分##語言這麼平實,情感卻如此震撼。村上春樹走腎,東野圭吾走心。
評分##還是有感動的
評分##英文翻譯樸素直白,全程對話抓眼球。雖然八年前看過中文版,最後一小時聽凶手同學解說,還是感動瞭一下下。東野圭吾總是讓我想到某大學友人:)
評分##英文翻譯樸素直白,全程對話抓眼球。雖然八年前看過中文版,最後一小時聽凶手同學解說,還是感動瞭一下下。東野圭吾總是讓我想到某大學友人:)
評分##great story, though the ending drives me crazy, i hate it. btw, it's really an impossible mission to memorize those Japanese names in English.
評分我應該說過吧,大多數時候,“好人”這個詞應該能和“傻逼”這個詞互換。所以石神你真是個好人,副教授你真的不能算個好人。以及這本書的翻譯質量比南海版贊!多!瞭!