<p><b>A special hardback edition of Murakami''s surreal, mind-bending masterpiece, in a new, unabridged translation from Jay Rubin.</b><br><br>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, <i>The End of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland</i> is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami''s international following.<br><br>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.<br><br>This edition is a newly unabridged translation from long-time Murakami collaborator, Jay Rubin.</p>