Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've read a number of other Murakami novels, but this is the first one that feels truly wild, fast-paced, and weird.

I felt the whole noirish vibe butting right up against a grand SFnal unconsciousness-hopping exploration, hopping back and forth between the SF adventure and the eerie fantasy with great ease.

The questions, the foreshadowing, the subconscious bleeds, the who final resolution that boils down to love makes it all very dream-like, and that's interesting, because the writing style is very close to a noir mystery.

Best of all, I was fascinated to see that this had come from the mid eighties, and all the subsequent similar novels I've read are now obviously riffs on this original classic.

I'm quite happy. I love truly original works of fiction, and this one absolutely fits the bill.


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