Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky. Every night between the hours of 1 am and 4.30 am, Matsui guides his taxi around the streets of Tokyo, collecting passengers and their stories.    

Seen through the eyes of a cast of colourful characters, Goodnight Tokyo takes the reader on an intimate journey around Tokyo after dark, when Tokyo’s eccentrics and insomniacs emerge, and a small grain of madness begins to germinate in the city’s night air. Confessions of intimacy and loneliness merge with the surreal: the funeral of an old telephone, the flea-market in which objects are bartered for that don’t actually exist. 

Told over a number of nights – and punctuated by Matsui’s dawn arrival at his favourite canteen for a plate of their famous ham and eggs – Yoshida weaves a web of stories that prove to be intimately cand compellingly connected. 

"“A tender ode to life’s unexpected moments of happiness.”" - Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)

"“After closing this book, think of a friend or someone you know. Try to imagine their friends, the people they know whom you don’t. Tokyo is made of such people. Definitely.”" - Sankei Shimbun (Japan)

"“A must-read for Murakami fans.”" - Hotlist (Germany)