Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Condition:Good of ritual religion in a

of ritual religion in a secular age

decides to cripple Rama by capturing Sita

educational and political provocateur -- was on the run from intolerance

little white lies

Jack finds himself suffering the intense heat of a Texas summer

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Condition:Good of ritual religion in aA narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post modern manifesto all rolled into one, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami