* Book introduction :

The legendary mystery that led Keigo Higashino to the path of an artist
Winner of the 19th Edogawa Ranpo Award

“Meeting this work changed the fate of a stupid high school student who hated books.”
These are the words of Keigo Higashino, the author who recommended Archimedes Does Not Get His Hands Dirty. The fact that it is a work that made Keigo Higashino, a writer who represents the current Japanese literary world, decide to write a mystery novel, will already have readers interested in it.

When Miyuki, a 17-year-old high school girl, dies during an abortion, an uproar erupts over who the father of her child is. Why did Miyuki not reveal the child's father until the end, and what did the word 'Archimedes' mean by Miyuki at the moment of her death?

Then, during lunchtime at Miyuki's school, a student was poisoned and collapsed after eating poison in a lunchbox, and the incident escalated to an irreversible level when a body was found in the student's house.

Since it was set in the 1970s, the social atmosphere was much more rigid. Rather, this explains the motives and oughts of the characters. Since the publication of this work, it has had a great influence on many youth mystery works that have been selected as Edogawa Ranpo Award-winning works.

index
the girl died
the boy fell
the young man is gone
baby licked
The old woman thanked him.
mother wrapped up
The body groaned.
Translator's review | The starting point of the youth mystery

* Size : 128*188*18mm
* Page 360
* Weight : 378g
* Publication Date : November 30, 2022

Archimedes Doesn't Get His Hands Dirty