The powerful Gary Tandy joins us this week! If you love Murakami, or you just want to hear how a professor goes about analyzing an amazing literary classic, then this episode is for you. What is the Wind-up bird? Why is the cat missing? Is Murakami a lonely guy? How can the protagonist of a novel be so passive? And have you ever heard the story of the shitty monkeys on the shitty island?

(0:00) Introduction (6:40) Conversation with Gary Tandy, breaking down "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami (1:22:00) Part 2 - Tomorrow City Chapter 2, Scenes 3 and 4

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