12 Problems Only Haruki Murakami Fans Will Understand

1. Convincing Other People To Read His Books

€œSo what's the novel about, exactly?€

€œWell, it's tough to explain. Basically there's this guy €“ and he's making spaghetti €“ and then he gets a dirty telephone call from someone. And then his cat goes missing, and when he goes to find it he meets a teenage girl, and they hang out for a while, and then he continues on his search.€ €œI see.€ €œBut yeah, it's really good, you should totally read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Or there's always Kafka On The Shore.€ €œWhat happens in it?€ €œThere's this old man who can talk to cats, and Johnnie Walker kills them.€ €œJohnnie Walker the whiskey guy?€ €œYeah. Oh, and Colonel Sanders is in it, too.€ "Umm..." Enough said.
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Commonly found reading, sitting firmly in a seat at the cinema (bottle of water and a Freddo bar, please) or listening to the Mountain Goats.