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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... smoke , and leaf through books , waiting for someone to come along to foot her coffee and cigarette bills ( no mean sum for us types in those days ) , then typically end up sleeping with the guy . There . That's everything I know about ...
... smoke , and leaf through books , waiting for someone to come along to foot her coffee and cigarette bills ( no mean sum for us types in those days ) , then typically end up sleeping with the guy . There . That's everything I know about ...
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... smoke and toilet stink . So crowded there was hardly standing room . The seats all caked with vomit . It was all I ... smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... smoke and toilet stink . So crowded there was hardly standing room . The seats all caked with vomit . It was all I ... smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... smoke , three times in rapid succession , before she broke down coughing . " Tell me , have you ever thought of killing me ? " she asked . " You ? " " Yeah . " " Why're you asking me such a thing ? " Her cigarette still at her lips ...
... smoke , three times in rapid succession , before she broke down coughing . " Tell me , have you ever thought of killing me ? " she asked . " You ? " " Yeah . " " Why're you asking me such a thing ? " Her cigarette still at her lips ...
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... smoke formed a tracery in the morning light . " I went to a funeral . When it was over , I went to Shinjuku , by myself . " The cat appeared out of nowhere , yawned at length , then sprang into her lap . She scratched him behind the ...
... smoke formed a tracery in the morning light . " I went to a funeral . When it was over , I went to Shinjuku , by myself . " The cat appeared out of nowhere , yawned at length , then sprang into her lap . She scratched him behind the ...
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