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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... body odors . We walked down the long hallway , as per the son's instructions , and knocked on the ancient door at ... body odor permeated the entire room . No , I would hesitate to call it body odor . Beyond a certain point , it ceased ...
... body odors . We walked down the long hallway , as per the son's instructions , and knocked on the ancient door at ... body odor permeated the entire room . No , I would hesitate to call it body odor . Beyond a certain point , it ceased ...
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... , it's not uncommon to hear of sheep entering people's bodies . Among the locals , it's believed that a sheep entering the body is a blessing from the gods . For instance , in one book published in the Yuan A Wild Sheep Chase 221.
... , it's not uncommon to hear of sheep entering people's bodies . Among the locals , it's believed that a sheep entering the body is a blessing from the gods . For instance , in one book published in the Yuan A Wild Sheep Chase 221.
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... body of a rightist youth in prison . How as soon as this youth got out of prison he became a major right - wing figure . How he then crossed over to the Chinese continent and built up an intelligence network and a fortune in the process ...
... body of a rightist youth in prison . How as soon as this youth got out of prison he became a major right - wing figure . How he then crossed over to the Chinese continent and built up an intelligence network and a fortune in the process ...
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