Title: Donny Darko meets paper...throw in a sheep
Review: I will have to admit Murakami's more famous books "Hardboiled.." and "Wind up bird Chronicles" did not float my boat, although I agree he is no doubt talented and a gifted writer of vivid imagery and twisted plots. I must however give him due credit here for this book, the first Murakami book I read, though I'm not sure I would read it again if that makes sense. I think I was uncomfortable the whole time I read this book, but perhaps you will love it.This book is pure entertainment. The reader will be quickly immersed in a trippy, nightmarish wonderland of modern Japan. Perhaps its comparable to Alice in wonderland where "Alice" is a middle-aged Japanese man and "Wonderland" encompasses an acid-trip OD of neverending hallucinations, mysteries, and metaphors you probably won't understand. Throw in a sheep-man in the place of the cheshire cat. It's a bit graphic, but hell, its Murakami, what do you expect?
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