I bought myself
Kafka on the Shore yesterday. And I read Dance, Dance, Dance a couple of weeks back
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:44, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Kafka on the Shore ? Missed that one for my forward reading list.
Given that 'what's it about' is an irrelevant question with HM, what's it about?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

have only sneaked fifty pages
saving the rest for after-essay. But it's a dual storyline about a 15 year old runaway who is staying in a library, and an old man who had half his shadown taken by a mysterious illness that took his shadow, his ability to read and some brain function when he was 9 but left him with the ability to talk to cats.

Which HM books have you read? Did you enjoy the recommended ones?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)

The end-of-the-world is the only one I've read all through.
I have three others in The Pile and I've read the first chapter or so of each (possibly while still in Waterstones!) to get the flavour.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I think he is gradually
worming his way into my favourite living author, and in my top five writers ever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:27, Reply)

On the ascendant with me too.
To your essay, missy.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Yeah
I just read Furet's 'Interpreting the French Revolution' and now am annoyed because it was really interesting and he entirely agreed with me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 11:32, Reply)