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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... minutes , twenty seconds . " But what you've just told me isn't everything , no ? " I gazed at my hands on the table . " Of course that's not every- thing . There's no telling every last thing about someone's life , no matter how boring ...
... minutes , twenty seconds . " But what you've just told me isn't everything , no ? " I gazed at my hands on the table . " Of course that's not every- thing . There's no telling every last thing about someone's life , no matter how boring ...
Page 82
... minutes free . " " It sure is big , ” I said , for want of anything less inappropriate to say . " Ninety - six thousand six hundred seventy - one square feet , " said the chauffeur . " Wouldn't surprise me if you had an active volcano ...
... minutes free . " " It sure is big , ” I said , for want of anything less inappropriate to say . " Ninety - six thousand six hundred seventy - one square feet , " said the chauffeur . " Wouldn't surprise me if you had an active volcano ...
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... minutes before our train , she decided to take a walk around town by herself . I stayed behind in the waiting room , had a Coke , and took up where I'd left off in another book I'd been reading . I was soon bored with it and put it away ...
... minutes before our train , she decided to take a walk around town by herself . I stayed behind in the waiting room , had a Coke , and took up where I'd left off in another book I'd been reading . I was soon bored with it and put it away ...
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