Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Aug 17, 2011 - Fiction - 416 pages

Japan's most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters--not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall.


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User Review  - Franky - Goodreads

There are two signs of an amazing reading experience. One, you think and reflect about the novel long after you have finished the final page. Two, you are anxious and look forward to rereading it ...

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User Review  - Scott - Goodreads

What a great read! It consists of two stories told in alternating chapters - "Hard-boiled Wonderland" is a noir cyberpunk tale, while "The End of the World" is something of a fantasy set in a ...

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World; Vintage International
• Author: Haruki Murakami
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
• ISBN: 0307781097, 9780307781093
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary