Neil Strauss

Rolling Stone journalist and author of 'The Game'. His online COVID book club picked Hard-Boiled Wonderland, which led Tamir to his first Murakami book.

Where it appears 2

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  the forbidden wonderland of murakamiEp 10 · with Salih Yayar

  Listen at 15:20Read it in the transcript
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  don't pretend you aren't confusedEp 1 · with Tyler Dorchester

  Rolling Stone writer and author of The Game and The Truth, one of Tamir's favorite writers; his pandemic virtual book club recommendation of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World led Tamir to Murakami.

Connections

Member of

• Rolling Stone

Wrote

• The Truth
• The Game

Mentioned alongside

• Discovering Murakami in a pandemic book clubTamir Barzilai · Ep 1 · 50:03

  In early 2020, still reading heavy classics like the Odyssey, the Ramayana and Siddhartha, Tamir joined a book club so he wouldn't control the picks. When Murakami came up, he chose…

• Tamir's first Murakami on a long walkTamir Barzilai · Ep 10 · 13:47

  During COVID in 2020, Tamir, then reading only business and self-help, joined a book club. After Neil Strauss's online club chose Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Tamir proposed it to his group. He…