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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... its beauty , and particular to our time . . . . His language speaks so directly to the mind that one remembers with gratitude what words are for . " -Elle " [ A Wild Sheep Chase ] begins as a detective novel , dips before long into ...
... its beauty , and particular to our time . . . . His language speaks so directly to the mind that one remembers with gratitude what words are for . " -Elle " [ A Wild Sheep Chase ] begins as a detective novel , dips before long into ...
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... It's not your fault . It's not like you're thinking of some other girl when we're having sex . What difference would that make any- way ? It's just that— ” She stopped mid - sentence and slowly drew three straight lines on the ground ...
... It's not your fault . It's not like you're thinking of some other girl when we're having sex . What difference would that make any- way ? It's just that— ” She stopped mid - sentence and slowly drew three straight lines on the ground ...
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... it's that easy . I thought there'd be a lot more to it . " " People who don't know anything about it all think so , but it really is simple . Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head ...
... it's that easy . I thought there'd be a lot more to it . " " People who don't know anything about it all think so , but it really is simple . Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head ...
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... it's up to you , " I said . It was a Sunday afternoon , as I dawdled with a pull - ring from a beer can , that she came out with it . Said she wanted a divorce . " Either way is fine with you then ? " she asked , releasing her words ...
... it's up to you , " I said . It was a Sunday afternoon , as I dawdled with a pull - ring from a beer can , that she came out with it . Said she wanted a divorce . " Either way is fine with you then ? " she asked , releasing her words ...
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