Netflix’s current TV collection “Tokyo Swindlers” is a really completely different creation from Ko Shinjo’s 2019 novel of the identical title. Though showrunner Hitoshi One credit Shinjo for co-writing all seven episodes, followers shouldn’t strategy the novel as merely a written model of the suspenseful, fast-paced crime present. The novel is finest appreciated as a companion work — a comparative, psychological research into the character of the prison thoughts.
As Shinjo boldly explores the twisted psyches of assorted con artists, readers ought to count on not solely ruthless violence but additionally appalling sexual gratification related to loss of life and cash.
Tokyo Swindlers, by Ko Shinjo. Translated by Charles De Wolf. 264 pages, STONE BRIDGE PRESS, Fiction.
