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 277
... smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The ... smoke like me not too long ago . " " Your friend ? " " I wish I could say . ' She sat herself down next to me and ...
... smoked . But I couldn't remember if he even smoked . I gave up and tossed the cigarette butt into the stream . The ... smoke like me not too long ago . " " Your friend ? " " I wish I could say . ' She sat herself down next to me and ...
Page 291
... smoke my morning cigarette . I had three packs of Larks left in my backpack . When those were gone , it'd be no smoking for me . I lit up a second cigarette and thought about what it'd be like without smokes . The morning sun felt ...
... smoke my morning cigarette . I had three packs of Larks left in my backpack . When those were gone , it'd be no smoking for me . I lit up a second cigarette and thought about what it'd be like without smokes . The morning sun felt ...
Page 304
... smoking , but with no store around for twenty miles , what was one to do ? Each time I felt like smoking , I thought about her and her ears . Compared to everything I'd lost this far , losing smoking was trivial . And indeed it was ...
... smoking , but with no store around for twenty miles , what was one to do ? Each time I felt like smoking , I thought about her and her ears . Compared to everything I'd lost this far , losing smoking was trivial . And indeed it was ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |