"A rumination about the nature of fiction itself."

Kirkus

"Tanizaki laminates a murder mystery and psychological study onto a rumination about the nature of fiction itself."

Kirkus Reviews

"This captivating short novel exemplifies why Tanizaki is considered an innovator of modern Japanese literature. The prose is cunning and compelling, evoking classic Asian folklore and elements of Don Quixote."

Publishers Weekly

"Devils in Daylight, from 1918, reads like a breathless snuff film cowritten by Poe and Simenon."

Pico Iyer - The New York Review of Books

"It is no bad thing to be reminded from time to time that Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s remarkably fresh and intimate voice is speaking to us across a gulf of years and cultures."

Edmund Gordon - The Times Literary Supplement

"The outstanding Japanese novelist of this century."

Edmund White

"An absorbing read...quite likely you’ll gulp it all down in a single sitting."

Tony Malone

"Tanizaki was a great writer. He understood the fetish-making fecundity of love, and the satisfactions it offers even while giving pain, and its perverse, inverse accountings."

John Updike

"Tanizaki is one of my favorites. His books are about love and very often perverse aspects of love."

Henry Miller