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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 enjoyable memoir for a writer concerned so much with the implausible tangents of everyday life...You don't have to run a marathon to be captivated' }Sunday Telegraph

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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, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing.

Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and settings ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston.

By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must-read for fans of this masterful yet private writer as well as for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.

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