’A charming, magical, picaresque journey through medieval Japan, filled with mystery, meaning and wonderful imagery.’ – Sean Lusk, author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley.Matsuo is born to be a samurai, but as he is being trained in the art of war he realises he was meant for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, he decides instead to do battle with words, as a poet. Thus begins a story of romance and adventure, love and betrayal, that takes Matsuo across medieval Japan, through bloody battlefields and burning cities, culminating in his ultimate test at the uta awase – where Japan’s greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory.
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LOUISE ROGERS LALAURIE is a writer and translator from French, including Frédéric Dard’s The King of Fools and The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, both published by Pushkin Vertigo. Her work has been shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature and the Crime Writers Association International Dagger.
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