What is the sound of one book flopping? Or is it three books flopping?
It's no exaggeration to call the English-language publication of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 the most anticipated literary event of the year. Two years ago, on the release of the first two volumes of the novel in Japan, the Guardian reported that Japanese fans were in a state of near hysteria: "Five years of pent-up anticipation found release" when the books hit the stores.
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