{"product_id":"1q84-by-haruki-murakami-9780307476463","title":"1Q84","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e • “A tremendous accomplishment. It does every last blessed thing a masterpiece is supposed to—and a few things we never even knew to expect.” \u003cem\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Brilliant . . . an irresistibly engaging literary fantasy.” \u003cem\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Best Fiction Book of the Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realises, a parallel existence, which she calls \u003cem\u003e1Q84\u003c\/em\u003e — “Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unravelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s—\u003cem\u003e1Q84\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647882674412,"sku":"9780307476463","price":56.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780307476463-1q84.jpg?v=1779242721","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/1q84-by-haruki-murakami-9780307476463","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}