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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... 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 Spillane , another time Kenzaburo Oe , another time Allen ...
... 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 Spillane , another time Kenzaburo Oe , another time Allen ...
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... seemed poised on the verge of collapse , waiting for a push . She and I would trade books , talk endlessly , drink cheap whiskey , engage in unremarkable sex . You know , the stuff of everyday . Meanwhile , the curtain was creaking down ...
... seemed poised on the verge of collapse , waiting for a push . She and I would trade books , talk endlessly , drink cheap whiskey , engage in unremarkable sex . You know , the stuff of everyday . Meanwhile , the curtain was creaking down ...
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... seemed no more than ordinary . In fact , with her ears hidden , she was plain . I couldn't figure out how Mrs. X had singled her out . Maybe she'd detected in her plainness some spe- cial glimmer , or maybe she thought one plain girl ...
... seemed no more than ordinary . In fact , with her ears hidden , she was plain . I couldn't figure out how Mrs. X had singled her out . Maybe she'd detected in her plainness some spe- cial glimmer , or maybe she thought one plain girl ...
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