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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... someone ? " " Uh - huh . " It was my turn to think things over . " So tell me , has it helped you make sense of things ? " " A little , " she said . From the winter through the summer I hardly saw her . The univer- sity was blockaded ...
... someone ? " " Uh - huh . " It was my turn to think things over . " So tell me , has it helped you make sense of things ? " " A little , " she said . From the winter through the summer I hardly saw her . The univer- sity was blockaded ...
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... 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 her . From the autumn of that year on into ...
... 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 her . From the autumn of that year on into ...
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... wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like when I'm sound asleep . " " I'm afraid I'm not the killer type . " " Oh ? " " As far as I know . " She laughed . She put her cigarette out , drank IO HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like when I'm sound asleep . " " I'm afraid I'm not the killer type . " " Oh ? " " As far as I know . " She laughed . She put her cigarette out , drank IO HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... someone was watering down the street . Splash on the pavement , smell of wet asphalt . " Want some coffee ? " No reply . So I got up and went over to grind coffee for two cups . It occurred to me after I ground the coffee that what I ...
... someone was watering down the street . Splash on the pavement , smell of wet asphalt . " Want some coffee ? " No reply . So I got up and went over to grind coffee for two cups . It occurred to me after I ground the coffee that what I ...
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... someone I didn't want to think about , much less read a letter from . I crumpled them up and tossed them into the wastebasket , then nibbled on leftover cheese crackers . She cupped her hands around the coffee cup as if to warm her ...
... someone I didn't want to think about , much less read a letter from . I crumpled them up and tossed them into the wastebasket , then nibbled on leftover cheese crackers . She cupped her hands around the coffee cup as if to warm her ...
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