End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: Isabel Vincent And normal is something Birdie

And normal is something Birdie craves

the January 6 insurrection

where he lives with his wife and children

Count on it

and the doors they lead us through

End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: Isabel Vincent And normal is something BirdieHyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, The End of the World and Hard Boiled Wonderland is Haruki Murakami's deep dive into the very nature of consciousness. Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect.