Dance Dance Dance

I have no idea how it happens, but I am enchanted with Murakami's books. He possesses this rare skill to create a world which is both real and surreal, oneiric in the same time. This particular one, as most of others I read, on it's surface seems to be just a story of a relatively average Joe involved in some fairly unusual situations. However, on the deeper level, it is almost a philosophical story on the meaning of live, on our place in the society, on life and death (as is typical for Murakami), what motivates us, etc. It doesn't give any answers, which is good. Each and everyone of us have different problems and deals with them in a different way. Here the author tries to show us multiple angles of problems and society (actually also bashing consumerism a couple of times) through the eyes of the protagonist. A protagonist, who doesn't judge, even in some extreme situations.