Haruki Murakami's new novel, AFTER DARK out May 8th

For all the Murakami fans out there...

After Dark

Haruki Murakami

Dear Reader,

It's almost here--Haruki Murakami's new novel, AFTER DARK, 
will be published May 8th!

A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the 
witching hours between midnight and dawn, AFTER DARK is every 
bit as gripping as Murakami's masterworks THE WIND-UP BIRD 
CHRONICLE and KAFKA ON THE SHORE.



At its center are two sisters--Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way 
into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading 
at an anonymous Denny's toward people whose lives are radically alien 
to her own: a jazz trombonist who claims they've met before, a burly 
female "love hotel" manager and her maid staff, and a Chinese prostitute 
savagely brutalized by a businessman. These "night people" are haunted 
by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the 
differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes 
clear that Eri's slumber--mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued 
by the mark of his crime--will either restore or annihilate her.

A new novel from Haruki Murakami is always a publishing event. So, to 
celebrate, from now until June 8th, order AFTER DARK or any of the 
amazing Murakami books from RandomHouse.com, and receive free shipping! 
Simply enter the code AFTERDARK upon checkout. 

Read an excerpt of After Dark and buy the books at 
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=21587&ref=news&name=afterdark

Arigato gozaimasu!

Sincerely, 

Jason Kincade
Knopf New Media