A special hardcover edition of Murakami's surreal, subversive masterpiece, in a new unabridged translation by Jay Rubin. A narrative particle accelerator traveling between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and insatiable librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story, and postmodern manifesto in one subversive novel, "End of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland," is the work that broadened Haruki Murakami's international appeal. Following the fall of a man into the Kafkaesque underground world of modern Tokyo, Murakami bridges East and West, tragedy and farce, empathy and detachment, slang and philosophy. This edition is a new unabridged translation by Murakami's long-time collaborator, Jay Rubin. "An astonishing writer... captures the shared sorrow of the contemporary heart and mind" – Jay McInerney.