{"product_id":"9780099458326","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"Author: Murakami, Haruki\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099458326\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2005\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky... A bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful... Magical and outlandish' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hypnotic, spellbinding' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cool, fluent and addictive' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150399942814,"sku":"UBD-9780099458326","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099458326.jpg?v=1786964803","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099458326","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}