In 'Number9dream', David Mitchell's vibrant literary canvas sprawls across Tokyo's pulsating metropolis, where Eiji Miyake's quest to find his absent father transforms into a surreal and perilous odyssey. Navigating a complex landscape where the line between reality and dreams blurs, Eiji encounters an array of eccentric characters including numerologists, organ harvesters, and even shades of John Lennon as his guide. As he delves into the dark underbelly of the city and confronts his own inherited traumas, the riddle of his father's identity intertwines with existential puzzles reflecting on fate, control, and the haunting power of the number nine. Through chance or destiny, Eiji's journey straddles memory and imagination, accumulating insights that challenge his understanding of history, family, and self.