TAAZE 讀冊生活「這頭看出什麼來了吧？」男人問。
「種類不一樣。」我說。
「對。除了從右邊算起的第三頭羊，其他都是普通的Suffolks種。……結論是，這種羊不在存在於日本。而且可能全世界也沒有這樣的羊。所以，現在你正在看的是一頭應該不存在的羊。」
我拿著放大鏡，試著再觀察一次……仔細看之後，發現羊背上正中央一帶，有一個像是咖啡濺出來所形成的淺色調的斑點紋。……
「看得出背上有個很淡的斑點對嗎？」
「不是斑點。」那人說。「是星形的斑紋。請你跟這個對照看看。」
His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be running the world, and eth upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist.
