This is the first novel of Yoshida's to be published in English. It's not really a novel, more a set of closely linked short stories, with a cast of recurring characters. Each tale begins at 1 a.m, and there are 10 intersecting stories featuring characters such as a taxi driver, all night diner staff, an eccentric detective, and their overlapping lives, at night. Reminiscent of the Jim Jarmusch movie Night On Earth, it also evokes Murakami. It's compelling, strange, and satisfying.