Haruki Murakami's latest title was revealed to the English-speaking world recently with 'The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki'. It will be three years after the release of 1Q84, that the cult readership of Murakami will be introduced to the protagonist Tsukuru Tazaki, whose name, Tsukuru means ‘to create’ but is colourless.

Picture the plot: The book’s first edition has a sheet of stickers (one section is shown here) designed by Japanese illustrators premised on the plot of the novel