In that novel from this country, the sexually irresistible protagonist attends secret Communist meetings and paints a Modigliani-inspired self-portrait before being expelled from art school for squandering his uncle's finances on liquor after failing to drown himself.
The protagonist of one novel from this country claims that "entrails" is a synonym for "a woman" during a rooftop game of antonyms that leads him to contemplate Crime and Punishment. In that novel from this country, the sexually irresistible protagonist attends secret Communist meetings and paints a Modigliani-inspired self-portrait before being expelled from art school for squandering his uncle's finances on liquor after failing to drown himself. In another novel from here, a professor's girlfriend receives a phone call telling her to get an abortion as part of a (*) future-predicting computer's scheme to help a marine biology lab create Aquans. A flute-playing priest uses his clubfeet to seduce women in a novel from here that ends with a stuttering acolyte burning down the title structure. For 10 points, name this home country of the authors of No Longer Human, Inter Ice Age 4 and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
The protagonist of one novel from this country claims that "entrails" is a synonym for "a woman" during a rooftop game of antonyms that leads him to contemplate Crime and Punishment.
Japan [or Nippon-koku; or Nihon-koku; accept Land of the Rising Sun or other nicknames]