The latest offering from Murakami is a delightful collection of short stories - quickly read, but the unique characters and circumstances will stay with you. A young man who teaches himself to speak in the Kansai dialect so that he can fin in with the fans of his sports team sticks out in my mind even now. Plenty of cats and jazz, of course, but pleasureable to read and perfect both for long-time fans and people new to Murakami's work.
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