Jay Rubin

1Q84

The book cover for IQ 84 by Haruki Murakami has the taglines 'National Bestseller' and 'A Novel'. The image is of the face of a woman, up very close with a wash of shading over the top, the title of the book is spread across the image, in relief so that parts of her image are more clearly visible.

The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is...Read more