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PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2012-03-27 23:22:31

I think I've read a book like this. Was there also a bed, and the story was about somebody being chained to it? And maybe something about cricket (not in the same story as the bed)?

Unfortunately, I can't remember the title of the book I'm thinking of — I think it was a vague sort of title, like "A Twist in the Tale" or something, that didn't relate to anything really specific in the story.

nemui10pm Since: Nov, 2010
2012-03-28 21:31:06

Hmm, there could have been a story involving a bed and one involving a cricket, but I can't remember. The title, I think, was something like "The Man Who X", but I'm not sure about that, either.

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PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2012-03-29 07:38:38

I've found the book I was thinking of: A Pack of Lies, by Geraldine McCaughrean. (That's the English title; it might well have been called something different in translation.) I'm pretty confident at this point that it's the book you're looking for, too.

PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
2012-03-29 07:42:10

Ah, and here's a Japanese edition of the book: Fushigi o uru otoko (I don't know what that would be in English).

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nemui10pm Since: Nov, 2010
2012-03-29 22:35:00

Oh my gosh, thank you so much! That's the book I was looking for - I even recognise the cover of the Japanese version! (The title means "The Man Who Sells Mysteries", by the way.)

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