Too Bad You Can't Make Bets On This Stuff

I predict Haruki Murakami’s new memoir What I Talk About When I Talk About Running will be my demographic’s Tuesdays With Morrie.

Why? Because Murakami has been on the edge of saturation for a decade. Because runners will read it. Because everyone loves Japan. Because pragmatic optimism is the new new.

My copy has already been shipped. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited to read a book.