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Seicho Matsumoto was Japan's most successful thriller writer. His first detective novel, Points and Lines, sold over a million copies in Japan. Vessel of Sand, published in English as Inspector Imanishi Investigates in 1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit.
Praise for Seicho Matsumoto: Pushed the art of the detective story in Japan to new dimensions, introducing the 'social detective story' describing police procedurals and depicting Japanese society with unprecedented realism.' Independent A master crime writer...Seicho Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society. --The New York Times Book Review Seicho Matsumoto combines the prolific output of a Rex Stout with the literary qualities of Elmore Leonard. --San Francisco Chronicle
