"Poison Laughter Novel" is a rare short story collection by Higashino Keigo, consisting of 12 short stories.
The author Keigo Higashino said: Every time before writing "something that makes people laugh," I would seriously think about "why people laugh." I couldn't help but think of the vagaries of the human heart, so I focused on the funnyness and ugliness of human beings. "The Novel of Poisonous Laughter" is such a work.
Summary of the story of "Poison Laughter Novel": I killed my wife and came to the police station to surrender. The police did not arrest me, but kept saying: "Your wife was killed. We deeply sympathize. Now we are fully investigating and will definitely arrest the murderer."
I am a single man, and one day I received a call from a kidnapper who claimed to be kidnapping: "I kidnapped a child, which has nothing to do with you, but blackmailing the child's parents makes me feel bad about my conscience, so I decided to ask you to pay the ransom."
"Alas, Japan is almost hopeless."
Reader comments
The fourth story is particularly interesting
This book is very interesting. Each story has an unexpected ending, which made me feel the complexity of the human heart. For example, the man who killed his wife and surrendered, but the police ignored him and said they would help him catch the murderer. It was really funny. And the bachelor who was asked to pay a ransom was also very funny. I think this book allowed me to see various strange phenomena in society and also helped me understand human nature better.
Although it is not suspenseful, there are several stories that are still interesting
The content is really exciting, I recommend everyone to read it
I like the fourth one very much, it's really nice!
Very humorous and practical books. My favorite is the first one about the tea party with my wife, but the others are also very good.
The fourth story is particularly interesting
This book is very interesting. Each story has an unexpected ending, which made me feel the complexity of the human heart. For example, the man who killed his wife and surrendered, but the police ignored him and said they would help him catch the murderer. It was really funny. And the bachelor who was asked to pay a ransom was also very funny. I think this book allowed me to see various strange phenomena in society and also helped me understand human nature better.
Although it is not suspenseful, there are several stories that are still interesting
The content is really exciting, I recommend everyone to read it
I like the fourth one very much, it's really nice!
Very humorous and practical books. My favorite is the first one about the tea party with my wife, but the others are also very good.