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. The concurrent storyline, The End of the World, has, again, an unnamed narrator with total amnesia about his previous life. provocative work." - The Atlantic "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." - Philadelphia Inquirer "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles. 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 expanded Haruki Murakami's international follo. 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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