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So recently [livejournal.com profile] klages recommended a book to me: THREE BAGS FULL by Leonie Swann. It's quite something, and I enjoyed it very much in ways I'm not sure I could describe. Let's just say that anybody who thinks about worldbuilding and characterization should consider reading this book. The main character -- in fact, all the viewpoint characters -- are sheep. They fight crime. (Yeah, [livejournal.com profile] pnh and [livejournal.com profile] tnh, I had to use that line, because I couldn't get the thought of you two saying it in chorus out of my head.)

Oh, just go find the book. It's very probably like nothing else you have ever read.

Three Bags Full

Sheep detective,
Have you any clues?
Yes sir, yes sir,
More than I can use.

Someone likes money
Someone hates sin
Someone took a shovel
And did our shepherd in.

Good thing Maple's
Mind is very deep.
Human behavior
Looks crazy to a sheep.

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