![]() ![]() Murakami's ingenuity and inventiveness cannot fail to intoxicate this is a bravura performance. Intertwined with the agent's attempts to understand his plight are scenes from The End of the World. But after interference from a scientist and from the Semiotecs, a rival intelligence unit, the subconscious story is about to replace the agent's own perceptions of reality. ![]() Murakami is heavily influenced by Japanese and Western literary traditions, as. Thanks to a wonderland of technology, an intelligence agent has had his brain implanted with a ``profoundly personal drama'' that allows him to ``launder'' and ``shuffle'' classified data, and all that he knows of the drama is its password, The End of the World. Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World Paperback Januby James Blish(Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars2,963 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is a 1985 novel by Japanese surrealist author Haruki Murakami. Embellished with witticisms, wordplay and allusions to such figures as Stendhal heroes and Lauren Bacall, the tale is set in a Tokyo of the near future. ![]() ![]() The plot here is so elaborate that about 100 pages, one-fourth of the book, elapse before its various elements begin to fit together, but Murakami's lightning prose more than sustains the reader. There ought to be a name for the genre Murakami ( A Wild Sheep Chase ) has invented, and it might be the literary pyrotechno-thriller. ![]()
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