After Dark
Ben Dooley is not impressed with Haruki Murakami's latest "After Dark". He reviews
The problem confronting Murakami's readers has always been that, despite his otherworldly talents, he has nothing to say. Nothing of any real interest or significance, at least. Although his stories often hint at a metaphysics of unreality, the books are mostly surface and, unlike one of his professed influences, Raymond Carver, seem to lack any insight into the human condition (or any other condition, really).
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After Dark is no exception: characters loaf, they engage in small talk, and something weird happens on TV (but not nearly as weird as "Flavor of Love.") The one major departure from previous novels is the style, which is somewhat reminiscent of a screenplay.
Antiblurbs has a similar recommendation
If you've read and liked Murakami before, go ahead; if not, you'd be better off with some of his earlier works
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