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Murakami's novel a hit in Japan before it arrives

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"In a clever marketing scheme, the contents of his new novel have been kept secret."

But I bet the main character will be a young guy loving jazz.

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My guesses: 30 to 40-yr old jazz lover, shops food at Kinokuniya, likes to prepare food himself, no kids, some juicy woman carrying brand name clothes enters his life, they have steamy sex, and some fantastic non-realistic stuff happens.

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Oh dang, EUgirl just nailed every single novel this guy wrote after Norwegian Wood. Unfortunately nowadays this scenario also includes pages and pages about what it's like to jog.

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My guesses: 30 to 40-yr old jazz lover, shops food at Kinokuniya, likes to prepare food himself, no kids, some juicy woman carrying brand name clothes enters his life, they have steamy sex, and some fantastic non-realistic stuff happens.

And then someone dies, probably a suicide.

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oh yes and there will be a well in it somewhere

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I forgot the cat.

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Even if they knew what the novel is about they would have bought it anyway. That's what fans do, so no surprises here.

And how are you supposed to know the contents of a book that you haven't read yet? Murakami is a bestseller, he can even publish a manga and it would sell as well.

I wonder how many people is buying this just because everyone else is doing it.

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"I forgot the cat."

That woman is older than the main character, btw.

Now, how about the title "1Q84"? I have a feeling we can re-write this novel without ever having read it!

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people have said it could be Murakami's 'biggest and most ambitious' novel, so it seems interesting

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