Almost Transparent Blue

This controversial novel touched the raw nerves of the Japanese and became a million seller within six months of publication.

It is a semi-autobiographical tale of the author's youth spent amidst the glorious squalor of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in 1970s Japan.

Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base.

Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock?n?roll.

The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and