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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... Once , and only once , I asked her about these standards of hers . " Well , if you must know ... , " she began . A pensive thirty sec- onds went by . " It's not like anybody will do . Sometimes the whole idea turns me off . But you know ...
... Once , and only once , I asked her about these standards of hers . " Well , if you must know ... , " she began . A pensive thirty sec- onds went by . " It's not like anybody will do . Sometimes the whole idea turns me off . But you know ...
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... once a week on Tuesday nights , she'd drop in at my apartment outside Mitaka . She'd put away whatever simple dinner I cooked , fill my ashtrays , and have sex with me with the radio tuned full blast to an FEN rock program . Waking up ...
... once a week on Tuesday nights , she'd drop in at my apartment outside Mitaka . She'd put away whatever simple dinner I cooked , fill my ashtrays , and have sex with me with the radio tuned full blast to an FEN rock program . Waking up ...
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... Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head . “ Get divorced twice , and you're a veteran . " The cat did a back stretch , eyes closed , then quickly nestled his head into the crook of her ...
... Once it's over and done with . " Saying that , she went back to scratching the cat's head . “ Get divorced twice , and you're a veteran . " The cat did a back stretch , eyes closed , then quickly nestled his head into the crook of her ...
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... " You're probably right , ” she said , toying with my lighter . “ I still love you . But I guess that's not the point now , is it ? I know that well enough myself . " The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another 22 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... " You're probably right , ” she said , toying with my lighter . “ I still love you . But I guess that's not the point now , is it ? I know that well enough myself . " The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another 22 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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A Novel Haruki Murakami. The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another cola , then took a hot shower and shaved . I was down to the bottom on just about everything - soap , shampoo , shaving cream . I stepped out of the shower and dried ...
A Novel Haruki Murakami. The Slip Once she was gone , I downed another cola , then took a hot shower and shaved . I was down to the bottom on just about everything - soap , shampoo , shaving cream . I stepped out of the shower and dried ...
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