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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... returned . I didn't want to see you . " " But you 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 ...
... returned . I didn't want to see you . " " But you 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 ...
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... returned to the airwaves . She set her coffee back down and looked me in the face . " Tell me , if I died , would you go out drinking like that ? " " The funeral had nothing to do with my drinking . Only the first one or two rounds , if ...
... returned to the airwaves . She set her coffee back down and looked me in the face . " Tell me , if I died , would you go out drinking like that ? " " The funeral had nothing to do with my drinking . Only the first one or two rounds , if ...
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