Book review: Brilliance that defies simple categorisation

'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' is a sheer delight to read: Puzzling, surprising and even at times hallucinatory, like a Hans Escher engraving

Japanese author Haruki Murakami spent three years rewriting his novella. File picture: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

• The City and Its Uncertain Walls 
• Haruki Murakami 
• Translated by Philip Gabriel 
• Vintage, €27.99