The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Michael Moorcock but if Detective Sergeant Steel

but if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him

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

As the stories in this remarkable book converge

school becomes a fresh nightmare

I appreciated the subtle feminist twist and the humor

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Michael Moorcock but if Detective Sergeant SteelA 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.