END OF THE WORLD AND HARD BOILED WONDERLAND

By Murakami, Haruki. London Vintage 2024 , A special hardback edition of Murakami's surreal, mind-bending masterpiece, in a new, unabridged translation from Jay Rubin. 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, End of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. 9781784878917

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SUPER FROG SAVES TOKYO

By Haruki Murakami. London Penguin Random House 2025 , The Book follows mundane bank employee Katagiri, who is visited by a giant, talking frog (Frog) tasked with stopping a massive earthquake threatening Tokyo, caused by a subterranean Worm; they descend underground to battle the beast, and though Katagiri is shot and Frog seemingly perishes, the earthquake never happens, leaving Katagiri transformed with newfound purpose, exploring themes of responsibility, courage, and surreal heroism in post-Kobe earthquake Japan. 9781787304710

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