A Wild Sheep Chase: A NovelA New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. |
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... changed was the book . One time it'd be Mickey Spillane , another time Kenzaburo Oe , another time Allen Ginsberg . Didn't matter what it was , as long as it was a book . The students who drifted in and out of the place would lend her ...
... changed was the book . One time it'd be Mickey Spillane , another time Kenzaburo Oe , another time Allen Ginsberg . Didn't matter what it was , as long as it was a book . The students who drifted in and out of the place would lend her ...
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... changed , and she was the only face I recog- nized . Hard rock was playing as before , but the excitement in the air had vanished . Only she and the bad coffee were the same . I plunked down in the chair opposite her , and we talked ...
... changed , and she was the only face I recog- nized . Hard rock was playing as before , but the excitement in the air had vanished . Only she and the bad coffee were the same . I plunked down in the chair opposite her , and we talked ...
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... changed in ten years . Only the singers and song titles . And my age . The water came to a boil . I shut off the gas , let the water cool thirty seconds , poured it over the coffee . The grounds absorbed all they could and slowly ...
... changed in ten years . Only the singers and song titles . And my age . The water came to a boil . I shut off the gas , let the water cool thirty seconds , poured it over the coffee . The grounds absorbed all they could and slowly ...
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... changed your mind , I see . ” " Not at all . I didn't have anywhere else I wanted to go . But I'm going now , don't worry . " " Well , have some coffee anyway . " I tuned in to the radio traffic report as I sipped my coffee and slit ...
... changed your mind , I see . ” " Not at all . I didn't have anywhere else I wanted to go . But I'm going now , don't worry . " " Well , have some coffee anyway . " I tuned in to the radio traffic report as I sipped my coffee and slit ...
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... unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee , headed out to work , ate dinner out , had one or two drinks , went home , read 24 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... unfelt , a lukewarm protoplasm of a month . Nothing changed from day to day , not one thing . I woke up at seven , made toast and coffee , headed out to work , ate dinner out , had one or two drinks , went home , read 24 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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