The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami My rating: 4 of 5 stars *** Warning: this review contains a slew of spoilers ***   The Strange Library is sure to be engagingly familiar for most Murakami fans, regarding the set, the props, and the unlikely hero. There is a solitary, inward-looking boy; an ordinary public building containing a profound mystery; a hidden labyrinth; a sinister and grotesque man looming over the boy’s life in a threatening way; a sheep man (I have to admit to a soft spot for Murakami’s recurring sheep-man character — in this story, he even makes doughnuts; what’s not to love?); and an ethereal now-you-see-her-now-you-don’t beautiful female guide and protector, who doubles as the boy’s pet starling. It is beautifully written…

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