Recently found in Kyoto, a paperback edition of “Hitori Futayaku,” left, is smaller than a regular paperback. (Takuji Yoshizumi)
NABARI, Mie Prefecture A shopkeeper found the only known pocket-book paperback edition of “Hitori Futayaku” (Double role) by mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965) in an old warehouse in Kyoto.
The copy was donated to the Nabari city government and is currently on display at its library.
The title is an early work by Rampo, a Nabari native, and was initially published in the literary magazine Shin-Shosetsu in 1925.
According to an index of Rampo’s works compiled by the Nabari library in 2003, the short story has been printed on many occasions, included in paperbacks and anthologies of his complete works.
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