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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... matter of course , so she never wanted for anything to read . Those were the days of the Doors , the Stones , the Byrds , Deep Purple , and the Moody Blues . The air was alive , even as every- thing seemed poised on the verge of ...
... matter of course , so she never wanted for anything to read . Those were the days of the Doors , the Stones , the Byrds , Deep Purple , and the Moody Blues . The air was alive , even as every- thing seemed poised on the verge of ...
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... matter is no one knows what he thinks . He has no writings to his name , doesn't make speeches in public . He never gives interviews , is never photographed . It's not even certain he's alive . Five years back , a magazine reporter got ...
... matter is no one knows what he thinks . He has no writings to his name , doesn't make speeches in public . He never gives interviews , is never photographed . It's not even certain he's alive . Five years back , a magazine reporter got ...
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... matter of the sheep , I might have been very happy . As the tape wound on , we drank our coffee and nibbled on a few crackers in silence . I went back to the evening paper . When I finished it , I began reading it again . Here a coup d ...
... matter of the sheep , I might have been very happy . As the tape wound on , we drank our coffee and nibbled on a few crackers in silence . I went back to the evening paper . When I finished it , I began reading it again . Here a coup d ...
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