Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World D&AD and explanatory notes by the

and explanatory notes by the two translators

The fierce beauty of Eliza with her artificial leg

the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady

The present can be tense

A woman is found murdered after an internet date

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World D&AD and explanatory notes by theHyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakami's deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect.