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In its roundup of Japanese-to-English translations for the upcoming months, Nippon.com reported on 10 April that the latest novel by celebrated author Haruki Murakami will be released in English in the UK on 9 October.
The eagerly-awaited Killing Commendatore, translated by regular Murakami collaborators Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen, tells the story of a painter of portraits who finds an undiscovered piece by a famous artist.
The website says F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has influenced Murakami’s book.