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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... 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 light . " I went ...
... 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 light . " I went ...
Page 105
... gave up after ten minutes and put the thing aside . " No kids ? " J came back over to ask . " You're getting on the right age to have kids , you know . " " Don't want kids . " " Oh ? " " I mean I would be at a loss if I had a kid like ...
... gave up after ten minutes and put the thing aside . " No kids ? " J came back over to ask . " You're getting on the right age to have kids , you know . " " Don't want kids . " " Oh ? " " I mean I would be at a loss if I had a kid like ...
Page 150
... gave me it a few years ago , " said the chauffeur out of nowhere . " Gave you what ? " " God's telephone number . " I let out a groan so loud it drowned out everything else . Either I was going crazy or they were all Looney Tunes . " He ...
... gave me it a few years ago , " said the chauffeur out of nowhere . " Gave you what ? " " God's telephone number . " I let out a groan so loud it drowned out everything else . Either I was going crazy or they were all Looney Tunes . " He ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |