McCarthy, Ralph

<B>Ryu Murakami</B> is the author of several novels, including <I>Coin Locker Babies</I>, which the <I>Washington Post</I> praised as a knockout . . . a great big pulsating parable, and <I>In the Miso Soup</I>.<BR> <B>Ralph McCarthy</B> is the translator of Murakamis <I>69</I> and <I>In the Miso Soup</I>, and two collections of stories by Osamu Dazai.