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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... ground was dark and damp . She'd left home when she was sixteen . Which may have been the reason why the funeral was so somber . Only family present , nearly everyone older . It was presided over by her older brother , barely thirty ...
... ground was dark and damp . She'd left home when she was sixteen . Which may have been the reason why the funeral was so somber . Only family present , nearly everyone older . It was presided over by her older brother , barely thirty ...
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... grounds go on and on , everyone looks so happy She sat up and fumbled through a few matches before lighting a cigarette . " The sun climbs high in the sky , then starts down . People come , then go . The time breezes by . That's like a ...
... grounds go on and on , everyone looks so happy She sat up and fumbled through a few matches before lighting a cigarette . " The sun climbs high in the sky , then starts down . People come , then go . The time breezes by . That's like a ...
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... " You don't want to talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... " You don't want to talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... ground . “ Oh , I don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . " I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro ...
... ground . “ Oh , I don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . " I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro ...
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... ground the coffee that what I really wanted was ice tea . I'm forever realizing things too late . The transistor ... grounds absorbed all they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I ...
... ground the coffee that what I really wanted was ice tea . I'm forever realizing things too late . The transistor ... grounds absorbed all they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I ...
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