A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning $188red pine$189, and Oumi, $190blue sea$191, while the girls$192 names were Shirane, $193white root$194, and Kurono, $195black field$196. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki$197s friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again.
Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimate connections with anyone. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago.
