Murakami, Karuki. A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase is an outstanding novel that does exactly what the title suggests. Murakami leads us on a wild chase throughout the novel just like in many hard boiled (detective) novels and films. The main difference, however, lies with the reader acting like a detective trying to figure out the mystery, that in this case would be the case of the wild sheep. Moreover, the novel continuely probes into the mysteroius lives of all of the characters, who's names we are still unsure, most imortantly the boss who seems to be the direct link to the sheep. The Boss is mentioned in the earlier stages of the book and repeatedly keeps cropping up and we still dont know much about him. Only that he is right wing, could be right wing, might not be right wing. . .the mystery continues. He has a tumor, which should have killed him, yet he still seems to haunt us. He has so much power for reason(s) unknown. I suppose the burning question that we are all thinking; Is The Boss man a real person or a super hero?
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Good work. Just remember not to repeat what we say in class. Also, remember that hard-boiled detective texts are usually based on reason and logic and don't feature the hybrid of fantasy and reality that Murakami give us. I'm glad you're enjoying the book.
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