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Flopped potential
Pinball alternates between the POV of two characters: an unnamed male narrator who lives with two female twins and works as a translator, and The Rat (鼠). It also includes many elements that will be familiar to Murakami regulars: an unnamed male narrator who feels oddly alienated to his surroundings, references to music, a sort of whimsical nostalgia on years gone by, etc.
I got into this book without having read, or knowing anything about, any of the other books in the series. And although it