The narrator of this novel is visited by a man who speaks with no spaces betweenhis words and is the subject of the book's only illustration. The protagonist's cat isthe only character in this novel with a proper name, as a chauffeur names it Kipper.The protagonist checks into the (+) Dolphin Hotel with his girlfriend, whose ears hebelieves have a special power, while looking for a character pictured on his lighter. The action of this novel begins when the (*) Boss takes exception to a landscape photo used to advertise a life insurance company. The protagonist uses a grandfather clock to blow up a house in the mountains at the insistence of his business partner, the Rat. For ten points, name this novel in which the unnamed protagonist searc
The narrator of this novel is visited by a man who speaks with no spaces betweenhis words and is the subject of the book's only illustration. The protagonist's cat isthe only character in this novel with a proper name, as a chauffeur names it Kipper.The protagonist checks into the (+) Dolphin Hotel with his girlfriend, whose ears hebelieves have a special power, while looking for a character pictured on his lighter. The action of this novel begins when the (*) Boss takes exception to a landscape photo used to advertise a life insurance company. The protagonist uses a grandfather clock to blow up a house in the mountains at the insistence of his business partner, the Rat. For ten points, name this novel in which the unnamed protagonist searches for the title star-backed animal written by Haruki Murakami.
The narrator of this novel is visited by a man who speaks with no spaces betweenhis words and is the subject of the book's only illustration.
A Wild Sheep Chase (or Hitsuji o meguru b ̄oken)                                                                                                                                                                         