In this novel, a magazine article details the strange visits of a black Mercedes to a “hanging house” where a murder-suicide previously took place. While typing to his wife over a computer, this novel’s protagonist confirms his wife’s identity by asking her a question to which the answer is “Jellyfish.” A woman in this novel who recalls how two zoo tigers were shot to death during the occupation of Manchukuo hires the protagonist after seeing a blue-black mark on his (*) cheek. In this novel, Lieutenant Mamiya fails to kill “Boris the Manskinner” after missing a shot from only six feet away. May Kasahara works at a wig factory in this novel with sections titled for a “thieving magpie” and a “prophesying bird.” For 10 points, Toru looks for his missing wife and missing cat in what novel by Haruki Murakami? ■END■
ANSWER: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle [or Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru]
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