# The Ruined Map

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- Book: [The Ruined Map](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe/the-ruined-map) ([The Ruined Map.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe/the-ruined-map.md))
- Authors: [Kōbō Abe](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7572-652-1
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2001-12-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with...