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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... hand . Small but fleshy , an old burn scar from the base of his thumb to midway around the back of his hand . The Sheep Man stared at the back of his hand , then turned it over to look at the palm . Exactly the way the Rat used to do ...
... hand . Small but fleshy , an old burn scar from the base of his thumb to midway around the back of his hand . The Sheep Man stared at the back of his hand , then turned it over to look at the palm . Exactly the way the Rat used to do ...
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... hand up in front of my face and wiped my mouth . The me through the looking glass went through the same motions . But maybe it was only me copying what the me in the mirror had done . I couldn't be certain I'd wiped my mouth out of my ...
... hand up in front of my face and wiped my mouth . The me through the looking glass went through the same motions . But maybe it was only me copying what the me in the mirror had done . I couldn't be certain I'd wiped my mouth out of my ...
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... hand against my cheek . The face my hand felt in the dark wasn't my own , I didn't think . It was the face of another that had taken the shape of my face . But I couldn't remember the details . Everything - names , sensations , places ...
... hand against my cheek . The face my hand felt in the dark wasn't my own , I didn't think . It was the face of another that had taken the shape of my face . But I couldn't remember the details . Everything - names , sensations , places ...
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