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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Page 56
... passing out handbills down by the station . " " What's to stop us from passing out handbills now if we wanted ? " My partner looked up at me . " Hey , I'm not joking . " " Neither am I. " A silence fell between us . " A lot of things ...
... passing out handbills down by the station . " " What's to stop us from passing out handbills now if we wanted ? " My partner looked up at me . " Hey , I'm not joking . " " Neither am I. " A silence fell between us . " A lot of things ...
Page 213
... passed uneventfully . The events happened in July . Setting out on horseback , unaccompanied , on his observa- tion tour , the Sheep Professor disappeared . Whereabouts unknown . " Three days , four days passed . Still no Professor ...
... passed uneventfully . The events happened in July . Setting out on horseback , unaccompanied , on his observa- tion tour , the Sheep Professor disappeared . Whereabouts unknown . " Three days , four days passed . Still no Professor ...
Page 235
... passed up the rich bottomland and insisted on going deep into the wilder- ness . The fact was , they were on the lam . They had skipped town , walking out on sizable debts , and wanted to get as far away from civilization as possible ...
... passed up the rich bottomland and insisted on going deep into the wilder- ness . The fact was , they were on the lam . They had skipped town , walking out on sizable debts , and wanted to get as far away from civilization as possible ...
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