GRASS AND RESENTMENT BENEATH THE TREE

Kishio Suga's second work of fiction.

A dogfighting tournament turns volatile when lumber dealer and amateur writer clashes with a dog breeder over a prized fighting dog. Days later, the writer is found dead, clutching a forked tree branch carved with a cryptic message. Detective Asatomo’s investigation pulls him into an underground world of illegal dogfights, shifting alliances, and identities that refuse to stay fixed.

Physical description: 

Hardcover; 427 pages
Tokyo: Tōyō Keizai, 2008
ISBN: 978-4-492-06149-7
19.5 x 14 x 3 cm