Anne Margaret Daniel

Jay for Japan

Murakami’s observant narrator recalls Nick Carraway, while wealthy Menshiki, in his shining villa across the valley, mirrors Gatsby

issue 20 October 2018

  • Killing Commendatore

    Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen

    Harvill Secker, pp. 704

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