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 82
... stood simply for money , piles of it , to which a long line of second- rate talents , era after era , had availed themselves . I must have been staring at this apparition a while before I noticed the chauffeur next to me , looking at ...
... stood simply for money , piles of it , to which a long line of second- rate talents , era after era , had availed themselves . I must have been staring at this apparition a while before I noticed the chauffeur next to me , looking at ...
Page 193
... stood there taking everything in . The lobby was actually a lot less spacious than it had initially seemed . It appeared large because there were so few pieces of furniture . The parlor set , a grandfather clock , and a mirror . Noth ...
... stood there taking everything in . The lobby was actually a lot less spacious than it had initially seemed . It appeared large because there were so few pieces of furniture . The parlor set , a grandfather clock , and a mirror . Noth ...
Page 298
... stood up and slammed his right hand down flat on the table . His whiskey glass slid two inches . The Sheep Man froze in that pose until gradually his eyes lost their zeal and he collapsed back into the sofa , out of steam ...
... stood up and slammed his right hand down flat on the table . His whiskey glass slid two inches . The Sheep Man froze in that pose until gradually his eyes lost their zeal and he collapsed back into the sofa , out of steam ...
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