The Crime Writers’ Association

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2025

Winner


Akira Otani

tr. Sam Bett

The Night of Baba Yaga

Edited by: Sara Helen Binney

Published by: Faber

Judges notes:

Like a manga cartoon, this savage depiction of Japanese yakuza life is relentlessly violent if only to highlight the deep humanity of its fish out of water characters. Mean and lean, this saga sparkles with originality and delivers a splendid if bizarre love story.

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