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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Page 5
... every- thing 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 ...
... every- thing 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 ...
Page 7
... everything I know about her . From the autumn of that year on into the spring of the next , once a week on Tuesday nights , she'd drop in at my apartment outside Mitaka . She'd put away whatever simple dinner I cooked , fill my ashtrays ...
... everything I know about her . From the autumn of that year on into the spring of the next , once a week on Tuesday nights , she'd drop in at my apartment outside Mitaka . She'd put away whatever simple dinner I cooked , fill my ashtrays ...
Page 8
... everything took on a desolate cast , the colors swiftly fad- ing before my eyes . The sunlight , the smell of the grass , the faintest patter of rain , everything got on my nerves . How many times did I dream of catching a train at ...
... everything took on a desolate cast , the colors swiftly fad- ing before my eyes . The sunlight , the smell of the grass , the faintest patter of rain , everything got on my nerves . How many times did I dream of catching a train at ...
Page 18
... everything was twenty percent off . The second was a letter from 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 ...
... everything was twenty percent off . The second was a letter from 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 ...
Page 19
... everything . I gave up on the coffee midway , dug a bent cigarette out of my pocket , and lit up with matches that I'd never seen before . The tip of the cigarette crackled dryly as its lavender smoke formed a tracery in the morning ...
... everything . I gave up on the coffee midway , dug a bent cigarette out of my pocket , and lit up with matches that I'd never seen before . The tip of the cigarette crackled dryly as its lavender smoke formed a tracery in the morning ...
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