num_pages: 400
description: '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, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 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.'
language: English
title: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
titlecomplete: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
genres: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Japan, Novels, Japanese Literature, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 131552
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Tanizaki Prize 谷崎潤一郎賞, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Tähtifantasia Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Japanese Novel
publisher: Vintage