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. 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)                                                                                                                                                                         