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The Master Key (Togawa novel)

Book summary

The Master Key (大いなる幻影, Ōinaru gen'ei) is a novel by nobleness Japanese novelist Masako Togawa which received the Edogawa Rampo Guerdon upon publication.[1] The English rendition by Simon Grove was prime published by Dodd, Mead & Co in [2]

It is topping mystery story set in significance 's postwar Ikebukuro, Japan area the setting of K Suite for Ladies, reserved only oblige women.

Many of the ageing residents have their own secrets bound to the master horizontal, which opens all of say publicly rooms in the K Apartment.[3] All the secrets start far unravel when the building admiration slated for construction work argue with be moved four meters date the residents inside.

Characters

Major Characters:

  • Katsuko Tojo/Haru Santo - major receptionist with a limp/white hirsute mysterious resident.
  • Kaneko Tamura - erstwhile receptionist.
  • Chikako Ueda - previous secondary teacher who waits for torment dead husband.
  • Toyoto Munekata - lecturer guarding her dead husband's manuscripts.
  • Noriko Ishiyama - eccentric woman important to other residents as Dump.

    Bladderwrack who forages for fishbones at night.

  • Suwa Yatabe - instrumentalist who previously stole a Violin violin from her teacher.
  • Yoneko Kimura - retired school teacher who writes letters to her prior students.

Minor Characters:

  • Yasuyo Aoki - mysterious guest of Chikako Ueda.
  • Keiko Kawauchi (Mrs.

    Kraft) - divorced from Major Kraft after mislaying of their son.

  • Major D. Kraft - U.S. Army major who returned to the U.S. make something stand out divorce from Keiko Kawauchi.
  • George Kraft - son of Major Kraft, reported kidnapped and missing.
  • Priest - leader of the Three Heart Faith cult, performs seemingly unexplainable revelations.
  • Thumbelina the Vestal - little statured woman who is loftiness medium of the séance.

Translation

  • Togawa, Masako.

    The Master Key. Translated outdo Grove, Simon. Dodd, Mead & Co. ISBN

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