Haruki Murakami

A few years ago, someone on IRC discovered Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and went around recommending everyone in the channel to it.  I made note to download an ebook version of it but gave up after a while.

This summer while I was in HK, I was browsing in a book store and came across a rather odd titled book.  It was called "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World."  Read a few pages into it convinced me to get the book and after finishing it, I bought book from the same author, Haruki Murakami.

Eventualy, as I was searching for more books by him, I came across Norwegian Wood again and bought it instantly (actually, I buy all Murakami books I encoutner instantly now).  A bit over the top but quite enjoyable.  He has a bit of lofty way of storytelling and makes otherwise boring situations interesting.  Especially his dialogue, they're odd but never stagnant.

I'm a pretty big fan of Murakami now but just wondering, of the more Japanese culture-influenced 4chan population, has anyone else heard or read of this books?  What do you think of him?

>>77
yes.
it is, isn't it.
i'm not sure why >>76 feels the need to degrade the argument by resorting to a personal attack upon myself by calling me retarded nor why he seems obliged to defend anon's position on language as the cause for the ramblings we've witnessed, when it's quite obvious that the person i've been corresponding with is more than capable of stating his case without aids.

tl;dr >>76 needs to shush and let the big boys talk.
also; i still say that doood was a mentalist at time of writing and i hope he feels better now.