Packet 4: Tossup 9

In a novel in this genre, a man arrives late to an event attended by a recurring, dandruff-prone character who scratches his head when agitated. A writer of this genre has a kinky affair with Oyamada Shizukō, who gets letters from his grotesque rival Ōe Shundei, in a novel by an author who pioneered this genre’s honkaku or “orthodox” style. The Beast in the Shadows (10[1])and The Inugami Clan are works in this genre, (10[1])the latter featuring Kōsuke Kindaichi. (10[1])The founder of a “club” (10[1])for this genre’s (10[2])writers (10[1])wrote many works in which a “boys’ club” (-5[1])is saved from the Fiend with Twenty Faces by (10[1])Kogorō Akechi. (-5[1])It’s not horror or erotic, but this genre was pioneered in Japan (10[1])by Edogawa (10[2])Ranpo. (10[3]-5[1])In (10[1])China, this is the genre of gong’an fiction (10[1])about Judge Bao. For 10 points, name this genre that was spurred in Japan (10[1])by translations of Arthur Conan Doyle. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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