IN – Natsuo Kirino
A literary mystery from the Queen of Japanese Noir.
R is the other woman in a 1940s novel that recounts the damage she did to her lover’s family. Her identity remains shrouded in mystery. Tamaki is determined to find out who R really was. A writer herself, she is working on a book about R and begins to uncover clues about the true story behind the novel. As Tamaki throws herself into her research, her own life begins to strike echoes with the subject of her work.
The idea for the cover was to have layered sheets of paper to reflect the depth of this novel-within-a-novel. The type is an adapted version of Century Schoolbook which helps to give a period feel, and yellow was chosen for the title as it is a significant colour in the book.
The photograph is by Guillaume Amat / Millennium Images, UK.
