The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Michael Moorcock It sounded like static to

It sounded like static to begin with

a man who carries secrets along with his sword

As the stories in this remarkable book converge

'Highly entertaining

a young gardener decides to take his mother away from the violence towards a new life in the abandoned countryside

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Michael Moorcock It sounded like static toA narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. This book is science fiction, detective story and post modern manifesto all rolled into one rip roaring novel. 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.