The second novel of the modern classic David Mitchell, twice a finalist of the Booker Prize - for "Sleep No. 9" and "Cloud Atlas" (recently filmed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski brothers) Twenty-year-old Eiji Miyake comes from his tiny island in Tokyo, eaten by one obsession - to find a father he has never seen in his life. Weekdays Eiji is immeasurably mixed with fantasies and dreams, he leaves the diaries of a man-torpedo, meets a ruthless yakuza, John Lennon and the god of thunder. Whether simple bad luck, or the invisible hand of fate leads Eiji from misadventure to misadventure, from working in the office of finds - in the corridors of the exclusive club "Peak Lady", from unwitting participation in mafia fights - to first love. "A dizzying mix of thriller, tragedy, fairy tale parable, video games and a portrait of modern troubled Japan. The most worthy candidate for Booker" (Guardian). The translation is published in a new edition.