The Setting Sun Condition:Very Good and his criminal curiosity is

and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm

lyrical prose

and sharp storytelling to illuminate the hidden side of everything

the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God

Former Children's Laureate and award-winning author of War Horse

The Setting Sun Condition:Very Good and his criminal curiosity isThe post war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the shock of defeat and to the occupation of Japan by American forces and their allies. Osamu Dazais The Setting Sun takes this milieu as its background to tell the story of the decline of a minor aristocratic family. The story is told through the eyes of Kazuko, the unmarried daughter of a widowed aristocrat. Her search for self meaning in a society devoid