28/5/10 - Haruki Murakami - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

About an unemployed guy who's cat disappears, then his wife leaves him, he meets some increasingly odd people and goes to great lengths to find his wife and find out what the hell is going on. Started off great, with interesting little Japanese cultural references, then some insights into Japan in the war. It certainly got more odd but I loved it. Loved the characters, from the ancient soldier with stories of miraculous survival, to May the off kilter teenager, Malta and Creta sisters, Nutmeg and Cinnamon. It did get very odd and I am not really sure what happened in the last bit - but I still loved the book.