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 47
... half - living , " she said briskly . " The other half is still untapped somewhere . ” " Hmm . " " In that sense , you're not unlike me . I'm sitting on my ears , and you've got only half of you that's really living . Sure seems that way ...
... half - living , " she said briskly . " The other half is still untapped somewhere . ” " Hmm . " " In that sense , you're not unlike me . I'm sitting on my ears , and you've got only half of you that's really living . Sure seems that way ...
Page 255
... half of September , the sheep are brought back down . " " Would you happen to know when it is that the sheep are up there ? " " It varies from year to year , but generally speaking it's from the beginning of May to the latter half of ...
... half of September , the sheep are brought back down . " " Would you happen to know when it is that the sheep are up there ? " " It varies from year to year , but generally speaking it's from the beginning of May to the latter half of ...
Page 261
... half to the ranch by jeep . Hardly more than a little stroll . Of course , once it snows and cars can't get through , you're stuck up there the whole winter . " " So nobody's up on the mountain now ? ” " Nobody but the owner of the ...
... half to the ranch by jeep . Hardly more than a little stroll . Of course , once it snows and cars can't get through , you're stuck up there the whole winter . " " So nobody's up on the mountain now ? ” " Nobody but the owner of the ...
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