If you're familiar with translations of Japanese fiction into English and other languages, you have probably heard of Edogawa Rampo. His real name was Taro Hirai (1894-1961), but most people remember him and his considerable body of literary works by his fiendishly clever nom de plume, which is pronounced to…
The twists that wrap up and explain the plot of Lupin s adventures in Edogawa Ranpo s 1930s technically make the whole plot more realistic , but still come off no less bonkers in their execution.