Abstract

Another moving work to follow “Naoko”, “Tokio”, and “The Miracles of the Namiya General Store”.
This novel is a gift of consolation and hope from Keigo Higashino.
【Main Message】
If you knew you didn’t have long to live,
who would you tell?
What would you say?
How would you deliver the message?
And could you convey it in person?
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Author’s Information

Keigo Higashino is one of the most popular and best-selling novelists in Japan.
In 1985, he won his first award, the 31st Edogawa Rampo Prize,
for Hokago (After School). This was followed by the 52nd Mystery Writers
of Japan Prize for Naoko in 1999, the 134th Naoki Prize and the 6th Honkaku
Mystery Award for The Devotion of Suspect X in 2006, the 7th Chuokoron Prize
for Literature for The Miracles of the Namiya General Store in 2012,
the 26th Shibata Renzaburo Prize for Mugenbana (Dream Flower) in 2013,
and the 48th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature for Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki
(When the Curtain of Prayer Descends) in 2014. These awards assure
that in addition to sales, Keigo Higashino delivers quality.
His many other works include Hakugin Jack (Silver Hijack),
A Midsummer’s Equation, Utsurona Jujika (Hollow Cross), and Masquerade Eve.