Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

This is a 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 post modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, "Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" is the tour de force that expanced Haruki Murakami's international following, tracking one man's descent into the kafkaesque underworld farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. The result is a wildly inventive fantasy and a meditation on the many uses of the mind.

ISBN 0099448785   Pages 416 ISBN13 9780099448785 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 282 Publisher Vintage   Published in London Imprint Vintage   Previous ISBN 9781860469053 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 28 Sep 2001   Width (mm) 129 Non-book description Re-numbered item (originally 1860469051)   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY 895.635   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

"Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." -"The Washington Post Book World" "He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." -"Los Angeles Times Magazine" "Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." -"Philadelphia Inquirer" "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work." -"The Atlantic" "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review" "[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread." -Esquire "An intertwining DNA model ofu

 Be the first to write a customer review