Evil and the Mask

"Happiness is a fortress." When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his father revealed a secret to him. He has many hopes for his son, but not in the way most fathers do. "I created you to be a cancer on the world," he tells him, and he means it. He wanted a child for the sole purpose of making the w......more

So...at the end of the day, this book is a less annoying, less long-winded version of Journey Under the Midnight Sun I guess?  “Happiness is a fortress. Because happiness is an enclosed space only a lucky few can enjoy, the lucky few who can turn a blind eye to people like you, people with pain......more

More than anything this is a novel of introspection and philosophy, not terrorism or murder or sabotage. It started out making me believe it would be a novel about a killer—a man who kills when and where he wants without any preamble. Instead, it was way more of our main character thinking about how......more

Yazar bu romanında da ilk romanı Hırsız’daki gibi temel ilkeleri ve etik değerleri tartışıyor. Oldukça ilginç bir konusu, akıcı anlatımı ve güzel bir kurgusu var. İlk romanı Hırsız gibi bu romanı da etkileyici ve bir o kadar da dikkatle okunması gereken bir roman. Sanırım yıllar sonra, Hırsız romanı......more

Book 6 January in Japan I understand why this is so great. Its mindblowingly good with complex intense psychological games that wowed me from the beginning until the end. The end left a bittersweet note, a touch of hope at the end of a dark time or aptly said a new beginning for Fumihiro/Shintani. 🥺🥺......more