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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... snow again . This time an opaque snow , a sticky , wet sleet edging toward ice flakes . Unlike the first loose snow , this one was nasty . It stuck to the body . I cut short my run , returned to the house , and drew a bath . While the ...
... snow again . This time an opaque snow , a sticky , wet sleet edging toward ice flakes . Unlike the first loose snow , this one was nasty . It stuck to the body . I cut short my run , returned to the house , and drew a bath . While the ...
Page 317
... snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected on the roof's gables came sliding down in would - be icebergs that broke up on the ground with an unnerving thud . Melting snow dripped outside the win- dows ...
... snow , which gleamed in the sunlight . The snow that had collected on the roof's gables came sliding down in would - be icebergs that broke up on the ground with an unnerving thud . Melting snow dripped outside the win- dows ...
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... snow down from its gabled roof . A block of snow slid off the roof and dashed to the ground with a thud . I kept walking across the pasture . On through the endless birch woods , across the bridge , around the base of the conical peak ...
... snow down from its gabled roof . A block of snow slid off the roof and dashed to the ground with a thud . I kept walking across the pasture . On through the endless birch woods , across the bridge , around the base of the conical peak ...
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