The Devotion of Suspect X
Quotes from the Book
You know how the sun rises and sets at a certain time each day? In the same way, all of our lives have a day and night. But it's not set like it is with the sun. Some people walk forever in the sunlight, and some people have to walk through the darkest night their whole lives. When people talk about being afraid, what they're afraid of is that their sun will set. That the light they love will fade.
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When you wander in the dark too long, you start to see things that aren’t really there.
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I would propose that every woman has a little darkness under the surface,
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Watch the shrimp and eventually you’ll find the goby, that was his belief.
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Trong một ngày, có lúc mặt trời lên cao, cũng có lúc mặt trời lặn xuống. Đời người cũng thế, có ban ngày thì phải có đêm đen, chỉ là không giống như mặt trời kia, lúc lặn lúc mọc theo định kỳ. Có một số người, cả đời đều sống dưới ánh mặt trời rực rỡ, cũng có một số người lại không thể không sống trong đêm đen tăm tối. Điều con người ta sợ hãi, chính là vầng dương vẫn luôn tồn tại kia lặn xuống rồi không mọc lên nữa, cũng chính là sợ hãi ánh sáng vốn chiếu lên người mình đột nhiên biến mất.
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If we know the truth, there’s nothing to be afraid of,
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She was pretty, he had to admit, with very delicate features. But there was something else, too. There are thorns in her eyes—that was the only way he could express it. For a moment, he thought she might have felt left out because he spoke to her friend first and not to her, but as she smiled, he realised the thorns were always there. A true lady would never have eyes like that.
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Bầu trời của tôi không có mặt trời, chỉ toàn là bóng đên, nhưng không hề tối tăm, vì có thứ khác thay thế cho mặt trời. Tuy rằng không được sáng như mặt trời, nhưng đối với tôi thì thế đã đủ rồi. Nhờ chút ánh sáng này, tôi có thể biến đêm đen thành ngày rạng. Tôi chưa bao giờ có mặt trời, thế nên tôi không sợ mất đi nó.
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When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins to piece together the connection of two young people who are inextricably linked to the crime; the dark, taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect. Over the next twenty years we follow their lives as Sasagaki pursues the case - which remains unsolved - to the point of obsession.
Stark, intriguing and stylish, Journey Under the Midnight Sun is an epic mystery by the bestselling Japanese author.
Book details
- First published
- 1999
- Author
- Keigo Higashino
- Genre
- Mystery
- Goodreads rating
- 4.34 (20k ratings)
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