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 131
... front row . " I brought the magnifying glass to bear upon the third sheep from the right in the front row . A quick look at the sheep next to it , then back to the third sheep from the right . " And what can you tell now ? " asked the ...
... front row . " I brought the magnifying glass to bear upon the third sheep from the right in the front row . A quick look at the sheep next to it , then back to the third sheep from the right . " And what can you tell now ? " asked the ...
Page 193
... front door , their leaves faded , nearly brown . I stood there taking everything in . The lobby was actually a lot less spacious than it had initially seemed . It appeared large because there were so few pieces of furniture . The parlor ...
... front door , their leaves faded , nearly brown . I stood there taking everything in . The lobby was actually a lot less spacious than it had initially seemed . It appeared large because there were so few pieces of furniture . The parlor ...
Page 251
... front of the rotary was a small street lined with shops . A street not unlike such streets anywhere in Japan except that the road was absurdly wide , giving the town an impression of even greater sparseness , and chill . On either side ...
... front of the rotary was a small street lined with shops . A street not unlike such streets anywhere in Japan except that the road was absurdly wide , giving the town an impression of even greater sparseness , and chill . On either side ...
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