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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... mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a box of tissues to her . She quietly blew her nose , then brushed the hair from her cheek . " Actually , I planned on being gone by the time you returned . I didn't want to ...
... mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a box of tissues to her . She quietly blew her nose , then brushed the hair from her cheek . " Actually , I planned on being gone by the time you returned . I didn't want to ...
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... mind ever since . Which is , that I am not a whale . In bed now with my new girlfriend , running my fingers through her hair , I thought about whales for the longest time . In the aquarium of my memory , it is always late autumn . The ...
... mind ever since . Which is , that I am not a whale . In bed now with my new girlfriend , running my fingers through her hair , I thought about whales for the longest time . In the aquarium of my memory , it is always late autumn . The ...
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... mind . It had been four years . Four years ago , the return home had been to take care of paperwork related to the ... minds work . What's over for one person isn't over for another . But the path splits in two different directions , and ...
... mind . It had been four years . Four years ago , the return home had been to take care of paperwork related to the ... minds work . What's over for one person isn't over for another . But the path splits in two different directions , and ...
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