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| Author | Keigo Higashino |
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| Original title | Byakuyakō 白夜行 |
| Translator | Alexander O. Smith |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Social mystery, Thriller |
| Publisher | Shueisha (Japanese) Little, Brown (English) |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 2015 |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| ISBN | 978-4087744002 |
Journey Under the Midnight Sun (白夜行, Byakuyakō) (also published in English as Under the Midnight Sun)[1] is a mystery novel written by Keigo Higashino, first serialized in the monthly novel magazine Subaru from Shueisha from January 1997 to January 1999[2]. The entire volume was published in August 1999 and became a bestseller.
During the serialization, the novel was at first written as a series of short stories representing chronological snapshots of the overall plot line. Higashino modified its structure to make it a single coherent story before publishing it as a single volume[3]. As of November 2005 the book had sold 550,000 copies. However, its sales quickly picked up after the first episode of the adapted TV series was aired. By January 2006 its sales had broken a million. Its sales exceeded 2 million in December 2010.
The novel attracted adaptations, including a stage drama in 2005, a Japanese TV series in 2006, a Korean motion picture in 2009, and a Japanese motion picture in 2010.
- ^ English edition: Journey Under the Midnight Sun (London: Little, Brown, October 2015), ISBN (print) 978-1-4087-0411-0, (e-book) 978-1-4055-1680-8; American edition: Under the Midnight Sun (New York: Minotaur Books, November 2016), ISBN (print) 978-1-250-10579-0, (e-book) 978-1-250-10580-6.
- ^ "【読書感想文】白夜行 東野圭吾著｜マネキネコ". note（ノート） (in Japanese). 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith (Abacus)". Asia by the Book. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2024-11-12.