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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... took a breath and cleared his throat again . " Of course , as a right - wing thinker his theories and conception of the world were rather silly . Still , that scarcely mattered . The real question was how far he could organize his ranks ...
... took a breath and cleared his throat again . " Of course , as a right - wing thinker his theories and conception of the world were rather silly . Still , that scarcely mattered . The real question was how far he could organize his ranks ...
Page 153
... took a long took at the night scenery , took my time trimming my nails over the ashtray . I looked back at the scenery , then I filed my nails . And so on into the night . I'm well on the way to veteran class when it comes to killing ...
... took a long took at the night scenery , took my time trimming my nails over the ashtray . I looked back at the scenery , then I filed my nails . And so on into the night . I'm well on the way to veteran class when it comes to killing ...
Page 285
... took a few old screen magazines back to the living room . The photo feature of one was The Alamo . John Wayne's ... took two puffs of the cigarette , put it out , pulled the blanket up to my neck , and shut my eyes . It only took a few ...
... took a few old screen magazines back to the living room . The photo feature of one was The Alamo . John Wayne's ... took two puffs of the cigarette , put it out , pulled the blanket up to my neck , and shut my eyes . It only took a few ...
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The Emerging Monoculture: Assimilation and the Model Minority Eric Mark Kramer No preview available - 2003 |