In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically...
Part travelogue, part training log and part memoir, this is a rich, revealing and satisfying book offering insight into the mind of this cult writer, and the satisfaction to be found in the discipline of distance running. 'A fitting and hugely enjoyab...