the wind-up bird chronicle: a novel
by haruki murakami

Toru Okada's search for his wife's missing cat leads him into an unimagined world beneath Tokyo's unruffled suburbs. Psychic prostitutes, gruesome teenagers and damaging politicians people this strange underworld, and an aging war veteran haunted by Japan's campaign in Manchuria. This highly-imaginative novel is at once a gripping detective tale and a moving look at the Second World War's hidden secrets. Haruki Murakami, Japan's most highly-regarded living novelist, weaves a gripping, dream-like tale in his widely acclaimed The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.