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Book review: Internet approach of Uketsu’s Strange Houses fails to generate fear
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Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion, explores the mystery of a dead space in a house.
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By Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
Mystery/Pushkin Press/Paperback/197 pages/$27.56
Translated fiction from Japan tends to be of the cosy genre, indefatigable combinations of bookshops, cats, convenience stores and the depressed young person seeking life purpose.
