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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... of her tea , then lit up again . " I'm going to live to be twenty - five , " she said , " then die . " July , eight years later , she was dead at twenty - six . Part Two July , Eight Years Later 2 Sixteen Steps A Wild Sheep Chase II.
... of her tea , then lit up again . " I'm going to live to be twenty - five , " she said , " then die . " July , eight years later , she was dead at twenty - six . Part Two July , Eight Years Later 2 Sixteen Steps A Wild Sheep Chase II.
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... Five , six , seven , ... Stopping on the eighth step , I opened my eyes and took a deep breath . A slight humming in my ears . Like a sea breeze whistling through a rusty wire screen . Come to think of it , when was the last time I was ...
... Five , six , seven , ... Stopping on the eighth step , I opened my eyes and took a deep breath . A slight humming in my ears . Like a sea breeze whistling through a rusty wire screen . Come to think of it , when was the last time I was ...
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... five hundred yards from the call girl office and used the place to scout promising faces for the latter . Conversely , sev- eral of the call girls were also going to her English school . At reduced tuition , of course . Mrs. X called ...
... five hundred yards from the call girl office and used the place to scout promising faces for the latter . Conversely , sev- eral of the call girls were also going to her English school . At reduced tuition , of course . Mrs. X called ...
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