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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... kind of girl who'd sleep with anyone . " What an obituary : the deceased was the kind of girl who would sleep with anyone . " Why are you telling me this ? " Why indeed ? I had no idea . " Very well , " she picked up where I trailed off ...
... kind of girl who'd sleep with anyone . " What an obituary : the deceased was the kind of girl who would sleep with anyone . " Why are you telling me this ? " Why indeed ? I had no idea . " Very well , " she picked up where I trailed off ...
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... kind of guy when sober . Everyone thought of him as a nice - enough , regular - if - not - exactly - sharp kind of guy . He thought so too . That's why he drank . Because it seemed that with alcohol in his system , he could more fully ...
... kind of guy when sober . Everyone thought of him as a nice - enough , regular - if - not - exactly - sharp kind of guy . He thought so too . That's why he drank . Because it seemed that with alcohol in his system , he could more fully ...
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... kind of tranquil snow that makes you close your eyes , gently . I pulled the old guitar out of the trunk room and , after tuning it with great difficulty , tried my hand at some old tunes . I practiced along with Benny Goodman's " Air ...
... kind of tranquil snow that makes you close your eyes , gently . I pulled the old guitar out of the trunk room and , after tuning it with great difficulty , tried my hand at some old tunes . I practiced along with Benny Goodman's " Air ...
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