minikomi

Well, maybe the loneliest might be a more accurate description.

Just got a major literary hangover from finishing http://parahumans.wordpress.com/ .. not really a book, more an online series. Be warned - it is long, addictive (and sometimes a grind/confusing/difficult to suspend belief [only occasionally though]), but the world building & range of characters is astounding.

Pinball 1973 by Murakami Haruki.