Fuminori Nakamura was born in 1977 and graduated from Fukushima University in 2000. He has won nu- merous prizes for his writing, including the Ōe Prize, Japan’s largest literary award; the David L. Goodis Award; and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. The Thief, his first novel to be translated into English, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

The Gun (2016) Last Winter, We Parted On a nighttime walk (2014) along a Tokyo riverbank, A young writer arrives at university student Nishi- a prison to interview a kawa stumbles on a dead Kiharazaka, a renowned body, beside which lies a photographer accused pistol. From the moment of burning two women he decides to take the alive. He has an unset- weapon, the world tling portfolio, betraying around him blurs. He an unhealthy fascination becomes increasingly with each subject. But obsessed with the gun— something isn’t quite and the four bullets load- right. As the young writ- ed in its chamber. Soon, er probes further, his possessing the gun is no doubts about this man longer enough—he must as a killer intensify. Is fire it. Kiharazaka truly guilty, or will he die to protect WINNER OF THE SHINCHŌ PRIZE FOR someone else? DEBUT FICTION “Crime fiction that pushes past the bounds of genre, “This slim, icy, outstanding thriller, reminiscent of Muriel occupying its own nightmare realm . . . [For Nakamura,] we Spark and Patricia Highsmith, should establish Fuminori are corrupted, complicit, just by living in society.” Nakamura as one of the most interesting Japanese crime —Los Angeles Times novelists at work today.” —USA Today

Evil and the Mask The Thief (2013) (2012) “I created you to be a The Thief is a sea- cancer on the world,” soned pickpocket. He Fumihiro Kuki’s father weaves through Tokyo tells him on his 11th crowds, taking wallets birthday. He has been off nameless victims. bred for destruction. He has no family, no Then the beautiful friends . . . But then his Kaori is brought in as first partner reappears his stepsister. As he and offers him a job he grows to love her his can’t refuse. When an father begins to use her atrocity is committed in as a weapon. Fumihiro the house they’ve will do anything to es- robbed, the Thief is cape—but in doing so, caught in a tangle even may fall prey to the very he might not be able to fate his father has escape. planned for him.

“The thought-provoking and unpredictable new novel by LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST the Japanese zen-noir master Fuminori Nakamura.” WINNER OF THE ŌE PRIZE —The Wall Street Journal WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR