The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive & personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.Many ofHaruki Murakami'sfans know about his massive vinyl record collection (10,000 albums!) & his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate passion: his T-shirt collecting.InMurakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts—from concert shirts to never-worn whiskey-themed Ts, & from beloved bookstore swag to the shirt that inspired the iconic short story"Tony Takitani."These photographs are paired with short, frank essays that include Murakami's musings on the joy of drinking Guinness in local pubs across Ireland, the pleasure of eating a burger upon arrival in the United States, & Hawaiian surf culture in the 1980s. Together, these photographs & reflections reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted & wonderfully eccentric persona.°°°HARUKI MURAKAMIwas born in Kyoto in 1949 & now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, & one of the most recent of his many international honors is theCino Del Duca World Prize, whose previous recipients include Jorge Luis Borges, Ismail Kadare, Mario Vargas Llosa, & Joyce Carol Oates.