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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... ground . " Oh , I don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . “ I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro ...
... ground . " Oh , I don't know . " " You know , I never meant to shut you out , " I broke in after a moment . “ I don't understand what gets into me . I'm trying my damnedest to figure it out . I don't want to blow things out of pro ...
Page 291
... ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house , and it had shown no ...
... ground in front of the old double doors . Seven Stars . This time , the cigarette butt turned out to be rather old . The paper had come apart , exposing the filter . Ashtrays . I had seen only one in the house , and it had shown no ...
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... ground would not freeze for a while yet . The following day , my eleventh , was bright and clear . The prodigal sun bided its time , leaving the pasture a patchwork of snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected ...
... ground would not freeze for a while yet . The following day , my eleventh , was bright and clear . The prodigal sun bided its time , leaving the pasture a patchwork of snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected ...
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