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 105
... sense , " said J. " The song is over . But the melody lingers on . " " You always had a way of putting things . " " Just showing off , " I said . At nine o'clock , J's Bar was starting to get crowded , so I said good night to J and left ...
... sense , " said J. " The song is over . But the melody lingers on . " " You always had a way of putting things . " " Just showing off , " I said . At nine o'clock , J's Bar was starting to get crowded , so I said good night to J and left ...
Page 203
... sense of direction had evaporated by our fourth day . When south became opposite east , I bought a compass , but going around with a compass only made the city seem less and less real . The buildings began to look like backdrops in a ...
... sense of direction had evaporated by our fourth day . When south became opposite east , I bought a compass , but going around with a compass only made the city seem less and less real . The buildings began to look like backdrops in a ...
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... sense , I suppose I had no one to blame . All the same , what gave them the right to treat me like this ? I'd been used , I'd been beaten , I'd been wrung dry . I was ready to get the hell off the mountain , but somehow that offered no ...
... sense , I suppose I had no one to blame . All the same , what gave them the right to treat me like this ? I'd been used , I'd been beaten , I'd been wrung dry . I was ready to get the hell off the mountain , but somehow that offered no ...
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