The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of 1Q84In Killing Commendatore a thirtysomething portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist Tomohiko Amada When he discovers a strange painting in the attic he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances To close it he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell a twofoothigh physical manifestation of an Idea a dapper businessman who lives across the valley a precocious thirteenyearold girl a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna a pit in the woods behind the artists home and an underworld haunted by Double MetaphorsA tour de force of love and loneliness war and art as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers
