In the intervening years he became something of a jokester and goofball.

。其间多年，他变成了一乱开玩笑的怪。

A self-confessed oddball, Mr Murakami is a peculiar memoirist.

并不否认一怪，村上春树先生一位特别的传记作。

Even today a man who stays at home to look after the children is regarded as something of an oddity.

即使在今天们仍然认为在照看孩子的男怪。