{"product_id":"9780099458326","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Haruki Murakami\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 October 2005 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 512 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 198 x 33mm | 350g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghost-like pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since World War II. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle - one of many which combine to create an elegant and dreamlike masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hypnotic, spellbinding' The Times'Cool, fluent and addictive' Daily Telegraph‘Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure’ Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548577702213,"sku":"9780099458326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780099458326.jpg?v=1774886485","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780099458326","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}