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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... reason why the funeral was so somber . Only family present , nearly everyone older . It was presided over by her older brother , barely thirty , or maybe it was her brother - in - law . Her father , a shortish man in his mid - fifties ...
... reason why the funeral was so somber . Only family present , nearly everyone older . It was presided over by her older brother , barely thirty , or maybe it was her brother - in - law . Her father , a shortish man in his mid - fifties ...
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... soon , and yet no reason to quit school . Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances . For months I'd been stuck , unable to take one step in any new direc- tion . The world kept moving on ; I alone A Wild Sheep Chase 7.
... soon , and yet no reason to quit school . Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances . For months I'd been stuck , unable to take one step in any new direc- tion . The world kept moving on ; I alone A Wild Sheep Chase 7.
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... reason . " " No , never , " I said . " Honest ? " " Honest . Why would I want to kill you ? " " Oh , I guess you're right , " she said . " I thought for a second there that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like ...
... reason . " " No , never , " I said . " Honest ? " " Honest . Why would I want to kill you ? " " Oh , I guess you're right , " she said . " I thought for a second there that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to get murdered by some- one . Like ...
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