【Naoki Prize-winning author Arimasa Osawa's "The Ice Forest"】 A hard-boiled mystery novel, the origin of "Shinjuku Same." (Synopsis) As private detective Kōzō Ogata investigates, the young people he becomes involved with are successively murdered. They meet untimely deaths, their weakest points exploited, controlled by a cold-blooded man who even manipulates yakuza at will. Ogata confronts the man whose heart is dominated by darkness alone in the streets of Roppongi, and closes in on his true identity. This is a highly engaging novel at the origin of Osawa's hard-boiled fiction, leading to "Shinjuku Same." - Title: The Ice Forest - Author: Arimasa Osawa - Genre: Hard-boiled - Publisher: Kodansha Bunko - Price: 724 yen (excluding tax) *Stored on a bookshelf, there is some minor sun fading and scuffing, but no other writing or tears. *Will be wrapped in a plastic bag and shipped in a simple packaging bag. #NaokiPrizeWinningAuthor #ArimasaOsawa #HardBoiledMystery #ShinjukuSame #TheIceForest #Paperback