The narrator of this novel receives a postcard decorated with a Little Red Riding Hood cartoon.
The narrator of this novel receives a postcard decorated with a Little Red Riding Hood cartoon. After a forehead injury, the main character has experiences of appearing to be dead but then would come back to life after peeing; he later suffers from amnesia and daydreams about murder.  He remembers the night-soil man, the Joan of Arc picture book, the odor of sweat, and the carrying of the shrine. That character has a sexual encounter with a painting of St. Sebastian and becomes fixated with the armpits of Omi.  He almost marries Sonoko and goes to a brothel whereupon he hopes to die in a B-29 bombing raid. For 10 points, name this novel in which Kochan metaphorically hides behind the titular item, written by Yukio Mishima.
The narrator of this novel receives a postcard decorated with a Little Red Riding Hood cartoon.
{Confessions} of a {Mask} [or {Kamen no kokuhaku}]