Hi jay, you and I had some exchanges about H Murakami back in 2005 and we both dropped off the page here soon after. My 'real life' got busy, then I was distracted by some health issues; now I'm making a comeback and planning to seriously start reading Murakami once more. In the meantime I have acquired both 'Wind' and 'Pinball' on eBay (hate to recall what I paid for Pinball!) and have just finished 'Wind' and about to start on 'Pinball'. Anyway, hope you're doing okay if you ever get this 