Scandal (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Shūsaku Endō
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Sin or Original sin, 1980’s, Violence, Good and evil, Catholics or Catholic Church, Morality or morals, Japan or Japanese people, Church or churches, Scandal, Dopplegangers, Urban life
- Locales: Japan
SCANDAL is the story of the dilemma facing a leading Catholic novelist who has a reputation for impeccable morals. Yet strange witnesses charge him with having frequented a district in Tokyo noted for its discos, pornography shops, cheap hotels, and sexual escapades. Suguro pays visits to this district in an effort to clear himself of the charge against him. Concurrently, an inquiring reporter who hates him shadows him and makes inquiries about him to expose the writer’s duplicity and hypocrisy. As a result Suguro learns about the dark side of humanity and of his own darkness.
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