Literary · Fantasy
1Q84
In Tokyo in 1984, a fitness instructor with a secret life and a maths teacher who moonlights as a ghostwriter each slip into a world that is subtly different from the one they knew. Their paths, tied by a childhood bond, start to converge.
- First published
- 2009
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a huge, hypnotic novel that blends romance, a cult thriller and the supernatural.
Skip this if you want a brisk read or are uneasy with graphic sexual violence and abuse of girls.
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