A review by underdog30
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

4.0

This is literature just the way I like it. A sprawling time frame; quirky characters connected in an intricate web of social, cultural, and political threads; and just bizarre and murky enough to keep the reader a little on edge. From an abandoned husband in the bottom of a well to a sadistic general flaying his prisoners to a precocious girl counting bald men in the subway, the characters and situations are always a bit off-center and never quite what you expect. A nearly brilliant piece of work.