Stored on a bookshelf. After the war, painter Kanichi Hiraizumi returns from the battlefield. Is he the same person he was before he was sent to war? The man who returned, looking nothing like his former self, disappears shortly after. His wife, who married during his military service, the person who commissioned the investigation, his mistress, the gallery owner, and those connected to the military—the truth is twisted, revealed through the testimonies of many. What I, who was asked to investigate, discovered was the fact that Kanichi was skilled at creating forgeries. Is the returned Kanichi "real"? And what, ultimately, is "real"? #Haneko Takayama #Takayama_Haneko #book #JapaneseLiterature/Novel/Story