A deserted 'The 21st Century' pachinko parlour is just a wonderful and evocative (even disturbing - in a Murakami way) image: related to the fictional 'Ballroom of Desire' set in isolation somewhere in the west of Ireland (in a beautiful film of the same name) and numerous real but similarly faded or crumbling British theatres/cinemas with names like 'The Alhambra' conjuring up mysteries and delights of the 'East' etc. - and with teasing current resonance!
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A deserted 'The 21st Century' pachinko parlour is just a wonderful and evocative (even disturbing - in a Murakami way) image: related to the fictional 'Ballroom of Desire' set in isolation somewhere in the west of Ireland (in a beautiful film of the same name) and numerous real but similarly faded or crumbling British theatres/cinemas with names like 'The Alhambra' conjuring up mysteries and delights of the 'East' etc. - and with teasing current resonance!
Reminds me more of a Morrisons store
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