are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent.
has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." - The Times (London) "His novels. a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." - Village Voice Literary Supplement "Off the wall. He is wry, absurd, and desolate." - Los Angeles Times Book Review " mix of American fun and Japanese dread." -Esquire "An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements.
provocative work." - The Atlantic "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. Hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakami’s deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." - Philadelphia Inquirer "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles. Ive been tossing up between Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World and Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, on which book i should start off with. Murakami adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." - Los Angeles Times Magazine "Fantastical, mysterious, and funny. 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's bold willingness to go straight over the top a signal indication of his genius.
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