Description

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet and shares photos of his extensive unique personal T-shirt collection.

Haruki Murakami’s books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit.

In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts – including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores – from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story ‘Tony Takitani’. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami’s multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.

‘The world’s most popular cult novelist’ Guardian

Publisher Review

It's safe to say there is no one like Murakami * Literary Review * Murakami is one of the best writers around * Time Out, on Norwegian Wood * Everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility * Guardian, on Norwegian Wood * Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original * The Times, on The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle * One of the most influential novelists of his generation. * Observer *