The man who died

kinda wish fulfillment. decent enough plot, didn't especially thrill me. It wasn't That Deep but it amused me. It took like an hour or so to read. Very distinctly white cishet male author. A book you read at the beach and then leave at a bus stop or bench because you can't be assed to bring it back home or donate it properly.

zero rep but honestly that's not what I, at all, expect in a book and author like this. Actually there are Japanese characters but they feel slightly like stereotypes. Generic Business Men. That's about it.

Amazing things are addressed! Trust issues; murder; facing imminent death; deceit; love; self-knowledge…. The story is involved and it has surprising twists. And, the reader is left hanging on and unknowable thread at the end, but it's not uncomfortable in that respect.
It's a mystery, but it's far from standard! I like it a lot.

Argh! Just a great book, very, very funny, especially the failed murder attempts on the main character and his struggles to clean up the aftermath which always seems to end up with him in his pants, covered in muck.