Hard-BoiledWonderlandandtheEndoftheWorld

Acclaim for HARUKI MURAKAMI’S HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND and the End of the World “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 of seemingly contrary elements … a combination of Kafka’s castle, Borges’s library, and the Prisoner’s TV village.” —Village Voice Literary Supplement “Off the wall … hilariously bizarre … splendid … a remarkable book … Alfred Birnbaum … has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami’s Japanese.” —The Times (London) “His novels … are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent.” —Details First Vintage International Edition, March 1993 Copyright © 1991 by Kodansha International Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Vin......