4 Quotes & Sayings By Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino lives in Yokohama, Japan. He received a Master's Degree from the University of Tokyo and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His first novel, "Komori-san to Tako-san," was published in 1986 and won the Seiun Award for Best Mystery Novel Read more

His second novel, "Komori-san to Saru-san," was also an international bestseller and won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for best mystery novel by a Japanese author. In 2003, he published "Komori-san to Hakase-san," which became an international bestseller and won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for best mystery novel by a Japanese author once again. He is the recipient of the Japan Mystery Novel Award and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award.

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..that the decline in reading among children was largely the fault of their parents. Parents these days don't read books, themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren't readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children. That's why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring and, as a result, the kids learn to hate books. It's a vicious cycle with no end in sight. Keigo Higashino
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Kusanagi had met plenty of good, admirable people who’d been turned into murderers by circumstance. There was something about them he always seemed to sense, an aura that they shared. Somehow, their transgression freed them from the confines of a mortal existence, allowing them to perceive the great truths of the universe. At the same time, it meant they had one foot in forbidden territory. They straddled the line between sanity and madness. Keigo Higashino
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It was his knowledge of his own willful stupidity that had brought on his irritation Keigo Higashino