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 87
... sense of time . It's like there's this impossible flat blackbird flapping about over my head and I can't count above three . You'll have to excuse me , but why don't you do the counting ? I skipped town without telling anybody and maybe ...
... sense of time . It's like there's this impossible flat blackbird flapping about over my head and I can't count above three . You'll have to excuse me , but why don't you do the counting ? I skipped town without telling anybody and maybe ...
Page 135
... sense . He was transferred from Sugamo to the then - army hospital , St. Luke's , for special tests . " The tests went on for a year , though ultimately they learned nothing . Only that his death would come as no surprise to any- one ...
... sense . He was transferred from Sugamo to the then - army hospital , St. Luke's , for special tests . " The tests went on for a year , though ultimately they learned nothing . Only that his death would come as no surprise to any- one ...
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... Didn't someone once say , ' A friend to kill time is a friend sub- lime ' ? " " That was you who said that , no ? " " Sixth sense , sharp as ever . Right you are . " I sighed . " But this time around , with 326 39 ...
... Didn't someone once say , ' A friend to kill time is a friend sub- lime ' ? " " That was you who said that , no ? " " Sixth sense , sharp as ever . Right you are . " I sighed . " But this time around , with 326 39 ...
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