Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

This is an extremely hard to find edition of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World featuring the iconic John Gall cover design, long out of print and highly sought after by Murakami collectors and cover-art enthusiasts. Gall’s surreal, minimalist aesthetic perfectly mirrors the novel’s split narrative and dream logic, making this edition especially desirable compared to later, more common covers.

Originally published in 1985, the novel unfolds across two interlocking worlds: a cyberpunk noir Tokyo where data is processed inside the human mind, and a quiet, walled Town where memories are stripped away and identity dissolves. As the narratives spiral toward each other, Murakami explores consciousness, isolation, love, and the cost of emotional detachment with eerie calm and philosophical depth.