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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... pocket of my Levi's , tore open the seal , and started to count the stack of ten - thousand - yen notes . It looked more like a deck of cards than a bound packet of new bills . Halfway through , my fingers began to tire . At ninety- six ...
... pocket of my Levi's , tore open the seal , and started to count the stack of ten - thousand - yen notes . It looked more like a deck of cards than a bound packet of new bills . Halfway through , my fingers began to tire . At ninety- six ...
Page 194
... pocket . I took another card and wrote a fake name and a fake address . An ordinary name and address , but not bad for a spur - of - the - moment name and address . I put down my occupation as real estate . The desk clerk picked up his ...
... pocket . I took another card and wrote a fake name and a fake address . An ordinary name and address , but not bad for a spur - of - the - moment name and address . I put down my occupation as real estate . The desk clerk picked up his ...
Page 352
... pocket and passed it over to J , amount unseen . J looked at it and shook his head . " This is unbelievable money , unbelievable . " " You said it . " " But it's a long story , right ? " I laughed . " Let me leave it with you . Put it ...
... pocket and passed it over to J , amount unseen . J looked at it and shook his head . " This is unbelievable money , unbelievable . " " You said it . " " But it's a long story , right ? " I laughed . " Let me leave it with you . Put it ...
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