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"Just read "The Wind Up Bird Chronicles" ...Murakami's finest IMO."
Too right, I love the writing and world of Murakami.
However, as one would expect, his most popular are his least imaginative.
It's a matter of personal preference of course, but I prefer the dense, layered, freewheeling and unresolved to the rather sentimental although tender examinations of relationships.
Dance Dance Dance was a winner for me and Wild Sheep Chase too.
Some good stuff in Hard Boiled Wonderland as well.
Mr Smyth have you seen Toni Takitani? Murakami resisted movies for an age but this was one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema I have seen in recent years.
Go Mechamorgan! a seeking mind is a great thing - we are surrounded by the consumers of dumb pop culture all too afraid to do anything not validated by their "mates."
A crowd is usually my cue to head another way.....
The pretentious do not read the books they merely exhibit them upon their furniture to be seen by others, Rouleur anyone?