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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... talk endlessly , drink cheap whiskey , engage in unremarkable sex . You know , the stuff of everyday . Meanwhile , the curtain was creaking down on the shambles of the sixties . I forget her name . I could pull out the obituary , but ...
... talk endlessly , drink cheap whiskey , engage in unremarkable sex . You know , the stuff of everyday . Meanwhile , the curtain was creaking down on the shambles of the sixties . I forget her name . I could pull out the obituary , but ...
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... Talk like that . " What've you been up to this past year ? " she asked me . " Different things , " I said . " Wiser for it ? " " A little . " That night , I slept with her for the first time . About her background I know almost nothing ...
... Talk like that . " What've you been up to this past year ? " she asked me . " Different things , " I said . " Wiser for it ? " " A little . " That night , I slept with her for the first time . About her background I know almost nothing ...
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... talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
... talk about it , do you ? " " Not today . I'm having trouble talking . " She flicked her half - smoked cigarette to the dirt and carefully ground it out with her shoe . " You can't 8 HARUKI MURAKAMI.
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... talk too much , without thinking . " You have the address ? " " Yes . " " That's all that's left to do . Sorry for staying so long . " " And the paperwork , was that it ? " " Uh - huh . All done . " " I can't believe it's that easy . I ...
... talk too much , without thinking . " You have the address ? " " Yes . " " That's all that's left to do . Sorry for staying so long . " " And the paperwork , was that it ? " " Uh - huh . All done . " " I can't believe it's that easy . I ...
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... talk myself into believing that she never existed all along . If she never existed , then neither did her slip . I doused the ashtray , thought more about her slip , then gave up and hit the sack . A month had passed since I agreed to ...
... talk myself into believing that she never existed all along . If she never existed , then neither did her slip . I doused the ashtray , thought more about her slip , then gave up and hit the sack . A month had passed since I agreed to ...
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