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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... already been reached in accordance with our wishes . Should you have any doubts , please call the public relations head of the life insurance company . " " I see , " said my partner . " Nonetheless , we can easily imagine that for a ...
... already been reached in accordance with our wishes . Should you have any doubts , please call the public relations head of the life insurance company . " " I see , " said my partner . " Nonetheless , we can easily imagine that for a ...
Page 172
... already this was too long and involved . Which naturally made everything more confusing than ever . " I can't begin to follow you , " said my partner . " This is all confidential , you understand . If it gets out , it could mean a lot ...
... already this was too long and involved . Which naturally made everything more confusing than ever . " I can't begin to follow you , " said my partner . " This is all confidential , you understand . If it gets out , it could mean a lot ...
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... already lost what I was supposed to lose . In the middle of my morning run , it began to snow again . This time an opaque snow , a sticky , wet sleet edging toward ice flakes . Unlike the first loose snow , this one was nasty . It stuck ...
... already lost what I was supposed to lose . In the middle of my morning run , it began to snow again . This time an opaque snow , a sticky , wet sleet edging toward ice flakes . Unlike the first loose snow , this one was nasty . It stuck ...
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