The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099540953 : 0099540959 : 03 Jun 2011 : As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.