Quillion Sleigh, Poet
An American amateur sleuth in Tokyo
By William Wetherall
First drafted late 1970s
First posted 18 September 2006
Last updated 18 September 2006
1st Quillion Sleigh collectionTsuzuki Michio Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1977 StoriesThe first Sleigh collection poses six burning questions.
To be continued. |
2nd Quillion Sleigh collectionOriginally titled editionTsuzuki Michio Retitled editionTsuzuki Michio StoriesThe second Sleigh anthology contains seven stories. The ropeway hearse The alliance for making love affairs public After floor 8 comes 1 2 x 2 is death, 2 deaths are shameful I see, the culprit's me Locked-room bargain sale Quillion Sleigh's death The fourth title is a word play on the multiplication tables that everyone learns in school. Students learn to say "ni nin ga shi, ni shi ga hachi" (二二が四、二四が八), which means "2 x 2 is four, 2 times 4 is eight". But since "shi" can also mean death and "hachi" is close to "haji", one can imagine the title of this story, "ni nin ga shi, ni shi ga haji" (二二が死、二死が恥). While most puns are easily understood without any visual help, this one is more quickly comprehended, out of context, by working backward, as it were, from the kanji. To be continued. |
3rd Quillion Sleigh collectionTsuzuki Michio The third Sleigh collection has six "ties to a death" stories. [Sleigh] ties a watering can and cotton candy to a death [Sleigh] ties a tricorn hat to a death [Sleigh] ties some shoes to a death [Sleigh] ties a female daruma to a death [Sleigh] ties a well-known book to a death [Sleigh] ties a telephone and scarf to a death To be continued. |
4th Quillion Sleigh collectionOriginally titled editionTsuzuki Michio Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1983 Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1989 |
