The Elephant Vanishes [book]

THIS IS A SHORT STORY COLLECTION SO HERE ARE 16 CAPITAL REVIEWS:

THE SECOND BAKERY ATTACK: THIS WAS A MOVIE I GUESS AND I CAN SEE WHY.

KANGAROO COMMUNIQUE: I WAS TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND THIS STORY.

ON SEEING THE 100% PERFECT GIRL ONE BEAUTIFUL APRIL MORNING: FLUES DON'T WORK LIKE THAT.

SLEEP: THIS FELT LIKE THE END PART OF WINDUP BIRD A WHOLE LOT.

THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE 1881 INDIAN UPRISING, HITLER'S INVASTION OF POLAND AND THE REALM OF THE RAGING WIND: I ALREADY FORGOT WHAT THIS STORY WAS.

LEDERHOSEN: THIS SEEMED LIKE A JOKE WITH A PUNCHLINE I DIDN'T GET.

BARN BURNING: THIS STORY WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE SECOND BEST STORY BUT DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN THE POINT OF IT.

THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER: THIS JUST KINDA SEEMED LIKE A GOOSEBUMPS STORY.

FAMILY AFFAIR: THIS WAS ABOUT NOBORU WATAYA BEING A BAD BROTHER IN LAW AND ABOUT TALKING ABOUT CUM AND PERIODS AND BUTTS AND POOPS.

A WINDOW: UNTIL JUST NOW I THOUGHT THIS WAS CALLED "A WIDOW" AND IT WAS ABOUT A WIDOW.

TV PEOPLE: HOLY CRAP I READ THIS STORY IN LIKE 1995 AND READING IT AGAIN MADE ME REALLY FREAK OUT REMEMBERING THAT.

A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA: WAS THIS STORY RACIST? ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY "A CHINESE"?

THE DANCING DWARF: HOLY CRAP THIS STORY WAS WEIRD AS FRIG, THIS IS MY FAVORITE STORY. WHAT THE HELL?

THE LAST LAWN OF THE AFTERNOON: DID THIS STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN? IT SEEMS TOO MUNDANE TO MAKE UP AS FICTION.

THE SILENCE: THIS SEEMED LIKE AN OKAY CONCEPT FOR A STORY THAT MADE MY EYES GLAZE OVER TRYING TO ACTUALLY READ.

THE ELEPHANT VANISHES: MORE NOBORU WATAYA AND A LOT OF SAYING THE PHRASE 'ELEPHANT HOUSE' WHICH IS A CUTE AS FRIG PHRASE.

PS. THE FIRST CHAPTER OF WINDUP BIRD WAS ALSO IN THIS BUT W/E


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