A much better novel than "Audition", and left me wondering once again why more of Murakami's works have yet to be translated into English. It's quite a light read in terms of volume, but it has a lot to offer if you're just looking for a fun little book about a bunch of guys who get together for no real reason to get shit-faced and sing karaoke standards (until one of them murders a woman, and her friends decide to take revenge by stabbing him with a sashimi knife strapped to a mop handle). You know.