description: In this sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase, Murakami displays his talent to brilliant effect. The unnamed narrator, a muddled freelance writer, is 34 and no closer to finding happiness than he was in the previous book. Divorced, bereaved and abandoned by his various lovers, he is drawn to the Dolphin Hotel--a strange and lonely establishment where Kiki, a woman he once lived with, "upped and vanished." Kiki and The Sheep Man, an odd fellow who wears a sheepskin and speaks in a toneless rush, visit the narrator in visions that lead him to two mysteries, one metaphysical (how to survive the unsurvivable) and the other physical (a call girl's murder). In his searchings, he encounters a clairvoyant 13-year-old, her misguided parents and a one-armed poet.
language: English
title: Dance Dance Dance
titlecomplete: Dance Dance Dance
characters: The Sheep Man, Yomiyoshi, Kiki, Yuki
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Asia, Mystery, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 85334
places: Tokyo, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sapporo
series: The Rat
publisher: Naxos AudioBooks