The Vintage Books copy reviewed here has, on its back cover, a journalist’s line which states: ‘ Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I’ve read in a long time.’ (Julie Myerson, The Guardian) - alas, closer analysis of Murakami’s writing leads to other conclusions. Ultimately, this is a tale that attempts to press some deeper concerns into the short- and long-term conscious process of the reader, but which falls short of this presumed target because of the shortcomings of its details. This is a novel that is at once readable yet frustrating, promising but clumsy. As a first time reader of Murakami, the overall affect of Sputnik Sweetheart is one of ambiguity and ambivalence.
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