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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