Points and Lines explained

Points and Lines
Author:	Seichō Matsumoto
Title Orig:	Ten to Sen (点と線)
Orig Lang Code:	ja
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Genre:	Detective fiction
Pub Date:	1958

, is a novel by Seichō Matsumoto, published in 1958.^[1] It was first translated into English by Makiko Yamamoto and Paul C. Blum, published by Kodansha International in 1970.^[2] A new translation by Jesse Kirkwood was released as Tokyo Express by Penguin Classics in 2022.^[3] Points and Lines was Matsumoto's first published novel.

Writing for World Literature Today, J. Madison Davis named it among the ten greatest crime novels of all time.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Girard . André . 1989-09-23 . Corruption et poésie cohebitent bien . 2024-07-24 . . D-7 . . fr.
2. Book: Rimer, J. Thomas . J. Thomas Rimer . The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2: 1945 to the Present . Columbia University Press . Modern Asian Literature Series . 2007 . 978-0-231-51817-8 . 27 July 2024 . 823.
3. News: Thomas . Russell . 2023-04-09 . 'Tokyo Express': Postwar detective noir basks in the details . 2024-07-24 . The Japan Times.
4. Davis . J. Madison . 2006 . The 10 Greatest Crime Novels of All Time? Some Candidates . World Literature Today . en . 80 . 1 . 6–8 . 10.2307/40159014 . 40159014 . 0196-3570.