One of the greatest modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest

A writer of fantastic genius

Bulgakov is a wild, mobile, crafty devotee of ideas

A slam-dunk for H.M. Naqvi

Sharp, sleek prose, a tightly wrought structure and a slam poet's instinct carry this book to the top of the heap

A remarkably engaging novel that delights as it disturbs

Bursts with intelligence and energy and pathos. I haven't read anything like it

Naqvi's fast-paced plot, foul-mouthed erudition and pitch-perfect dialogue make for a stellar debut

A giddy portrayal of youthful exuberance unleashed that rings startlingly true

Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny

Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility

Vintage Murakami [and] easily the most erotic of [his] novels

[A] treat...Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done

Murakami's most famous coming of age novel of love, loss and longing

Catches the absorption and giddy rush of adolescent love... It is also, for all the tragic momentum and the apparently kamikaze consciousness of many of its characters, often funny and quirkily observed.

[A] treat . . . Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done.

One of the most poignant and evocative novels I have ever read

Poignant, romantic and hopeless, it beautifully encapsulates heartbreak and loss of faith