Hell - Yasutaka Tsutsui

Winner of many literary awards, including the Yomiuri Literary Prize and the prestigious Tanizaki Prize (equivalent to the Booker). Tsutsui is credited with the invention of the Japanese 'hyperfiction' genre, and his fame and literary recognition in his home country far surpasses that of Murakami. The vivid depiction of afterlife portrayed in Hell admits the traditional horrors, but subjects them to Tsutsui's unique powers of enchantment: witty, amusing, praised for its poetic style and the wizard-like light touch of the author's shifting focus, Hell is a masterpiece of surrealist literature.