Ko Shinjo

Ko Shinjo was born in Tokyo in 1983. He made his debut in 2012 with Narrow House, which won the 36th Subaru Literature Award. In 2020, Shinjo’s book Jimenshitachi--which has been adapted into Netflix’s live-action Tokyo Swindlers--was nominated for the 23rd Haruhiko Oyabu Prize.

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Tokyo Swindlers

Ko Shinjo, translated by Charles De Wolf

A contemporary Japanese crime thriller unravels an intricate web of deception and greed, inspired by recent land-fraud scandals.