End of the World and HardBoiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami... 9781784878917

A special hardback edition of Murakamis surreal mindbending masterpiece in a new unabridged translation from Jay RubinA narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan unicorn skulls and voracious librarians John Coltrane and Lord Jim Science fiction detective story and postmodern manifesto all rolled into one riproaring novel End of the World and Hardboiled Wonderland is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakamis international followingTracking one mans descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo Murakami unites East and West tragedy and farce compassion and detachment slang and philosophyThis edition is a newly unabridged translation from longtime Murakami collaborator Jay RubinA remarkable writerhe captures the common ache of contemporary heart and head Jay McInerney