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 96
... Probably the postbox is as far as my thinking goes . But don't get on my case for that . It's an hour and a half by jeep to the nearest postbox . From here on , this letter is addressed to you . I've got two favors to ask of you ...
... Probably the postbox is as far as my thinking goes . But don't get on my case for that . It's an hour and a half by jeep to the nearest postbox . From here on , this letter is addressed to you . I've got two favors to ask of you ...
Page 144
... probably the sheep found its way into the Boss . That would have been in 1936. And for the next forty years or so , the sheep remained lodged in the Boss . There inside , it must have found a pasture , a birch forest . Like the one in ...
... probably the sheep found its way into the Boss . That would have been in 1936. And for the next forty years or so , the sheep remained lodged in the Boss . There inside , it must have found a pasture , a birch forest . Like the one in ...
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... probably had no practical value , but it couldn't hurt . The author was born in 1940 in Junitaki and , after graduating from the literature department of Hokkaido University , was active as a local historian , or so the cover copy said ...
... probably had no practical value , but it couldn't hurt . The author was born in 1940 in Junitaki and , after graduating from the literature department of Hokkaido University , was active as a local historian , or so the cover copy said ...
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