{"product_id":"end-of-the-world-and-hard-boiled-wonderland","title":"End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529957754\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA newly translated, unabridged edition of Murakami's most mind-bendingly brilliant novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurakami's surreal, mind-bending masterpiece, in a new, unabridged translation from long-time Murakami collaborator, Jay Rubin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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, post-modern manifesto. All this rolled into one rip-roaring novel, \u003ci\u003eEnd of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A remarkable writer...he captures the common ache of contemporary heart and head' Jay McInerney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His fantasies, with their easy reference to western pulp fiction and music, retain a beauty of the mind' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW UNABRIDGED TRANSLATION FROM JAY RUBIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41548188188805,"sku":"PR398243","price":35.3,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXCK14UPER9.jpg?v=1773499645","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/end-of-the-world-and-hard-boiled-wonderland","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}