Haruki Murakami is one of the most popular authors in the world today, having been honoured with the Kafka Prize, the Jerusalem Prize and the World Fantasy Award. The publication of the English translation of Murakami’s 1Q84 was the most anticipated literary event of 2011, with midnight openings, queues around the block, magazine covers and unprecedented pre-orders. The original Japanese ...

Here I lie on my favourite sofa New Year Day has been fine so far Trying to read J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye But my eyes are heavy I don’t know why.   The Old Man and the Sea was my final book for last year The best Ernest Hemmingway classic that’s what I hear So it seems fitting ...