Dance Dance Dance

A Novel

In this propulsive novel, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work in any language fuses science fiction, the hard-boiled thriller, and white-hot satire into a new element of the literary periodic table.

As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami's protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls, plays chaperone to a lovely teenaged psychic, and receives cryptic instructions from a shabby but oracular Sheep Man.

Dance Dance Dance is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through the cultural Cuisinart that is contemporary Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs.

©1995 Haruki Murakami and Alfred Birnbaum (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good book

I do not get tire reading books from Haruki I love his style, his stories. I wish I found more writers like him.

Another Gem by Murakame

Magic, sex, complicated relations and careers Murakame takes you to 1980s Tokyo and leaves you there with the rest of his characters.

Did not care about the characters

The narrator sounds about the same as all of Murakami’s main characters. And a lot of the other characters talk the same way as the supporting characters in other Murakami books. But I couldn’t bring myself to care about any of them in Dance Dance Dance, and the lack of any plot whatsoever made it a slog that could not get through. Sad. I love Murakami’s detailed writing style which is like a Japan immersion. But this is my least favorite of his books (I’ve read maybe 5). Also, the relationship with the 12 year old is extremely cringey. Wish I’d taken a pass on this one.

Disturbing story

Skillful writer and great performance. But the story is pretty disturbing. Blurs reality and dreams.

Not Haruki’s best work

It’s a drag with a lot of loose ends. A lot of time in the book spend on describing killing time. Don’t recommend this book.