I spotted a new 'all 3 books....' version of IQ84 over here in the wet and wild UK.
Last time I visited WLF, a few weeks ago, Murakami was a blank, I've since read around half of Norwegian Wood, but don't wish to polish it off just yet, so it's gone back to the library, as it was getting a second place read to other books I was finishing, but it felt like a solid and heartfelt tale about youth, casual sex and memory -- my feeling was this was Proustian, perhaps.
Now I understand that this IQ84 is inspired by Orwell's 1984 and receviing high praise indeed, "it's Murakami's Underworld..." was on the backcover.... it's funny how quickly a new author becomes familiar.
The three volume was a nice £20 and in paperback, painted black spine. What's all this parts 1 & 2 released together, and 3 a year later.... sounds a bit Kill Bill in marketing terms, but that's okay.
I picked up a stand-alone 3 from library, but until I got back to the bookshop didn't tag what I'd gotten hold of.
I've also got this thing I do, called 'author of the week', sometimes it's 5 authors of the week, I just look up some bio and read up on a certain author. Murakami is proving interesting, I've read the plot summs to each of his books, and they are a wide and interesting spread of topics.... hmm, he could become a favourite. We'll see!