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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... glasses - which resembled orthodontia— and skinny hands , she seemed somehow endearing . Always her coffee would be cold , always her ashtray full of cigarette butts . The only thing that changed was the book . One time it'd be Mickey ...
... glasses - which resembled orthodontia— and skinny hands , she seemed somehow endearing . Always her coffee would be cold , always her ashtray full of cigarette butts . The only thing that changed was the book . One time it'd be Mickey ...
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... glass salad bowl and sprinkled on the last drops from the bottle of dressing . The tomatoes and string beans were but chilled shad- ows . Tasteless shadows . Nor was there any taste to the coffee or crackers . Maybe because of the ...
... glass salad bowl and sprinkled on the last drops from the bottle of dressing . The tomatoes and string beans were but chilled shad- ows . Tasteless shadows . Nor was there any taste to the coffee or crackers . Maybe because of the ...
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... glass of the tanks is cold . I'm wearing a heavy sweater . Through the large picture window of the exhibition room , the sea is dark as lead , the countless whitecaps reminiscent of lace collars on girls ' dresses . " What're you ...
... glass of the tanks is cold . I'm wearing a heavy sweater . Through the large picture window of the exhibition room , the sea is dark as lead , the countless whitecaps reminiscent of lace collars on girls ' dresses . " What're you ...
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