Bantam Books (US) and Random House (Australia) published the Tom Robbins novel, Villa Incognito, in April and June 2003, respectively. The author opens the novel with the line, "It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.", as the reader is introduced to a Japanese ancestor spirit, named Tanuki, that is similar in appearance to a badger.
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