50 Books in 50 Years: Book #6

Book #6: A Wild Sheep Chase, by Harumi Murakami.

I borrowed this book from the library without knowing much about the author other than his book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle was a big favorite of some friends of mine. A little way into it, I realized that it belonged to the special modern subcategory of novels known as the Pynchonesque.

A well written Pynchonesque novel is a delight. A poorly written Pynchonesque novel inspires nothing but the old wanking gesture. Luckily, this is a well written novel.

I'm not sure if there's any point in describing the plot, is there? Suffice it to say that the characters are well worth getting to know, particularly the Sheep Man, who made me laugh out loud (and inspired the author to provide a little sketch).