About the Book: Katagiri, a modest bank employee in Tokyo, finds a six-foot-tall talking frog (“Frog”) in his apartment, who insists that the city is about to be destroyed by an underground creature (Worm). Frog recruits Katagiri for moral support in a surreal battle beneath the city. In typical Murakami style, the line between reality and dream is blurred as they attempt to save Tokyo—and perhaps save themselves.