'Welcome to Tokyo - the side the tourists don't see'
Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder...
'A smart and snappy psychosexual pulp thriller' TLS
'A Japanese extension of David Lynch's world: surreal, sexually anguished, highly neurotic, both knowing and naive' Guardian
'Each time a new book by Murakami is published, the people at the Japanese Tourist Board must hang their heads in despair... darkly witty' Daily Telegraph
'If Murakami's short novel were a film it would be a nasty but effective B-movie chiller... reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis' Financial Times
