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 74
... tell whether those white specks off in the distance were sheep or just white specks . And the closer I looked , the harder it was to tell whether the white specks were actually white specks or my eyes playing tricks with me , until ...
... tell whether those white specks off in the distance were sheep or just white specks . And the closer I looked , the harder it was to tell whether the white specks were actually white specks or my eyes playing tricks with me , until ...
Page 126
... tell me conforms to our investigations . I commend you on that . What if I had them offer you unconditional payment for those canceled insurance company bulletins and suggest to them that they continue your present contract ? " " There ...
... tell me conforms to our investigations . I commend you on that . What if I had them offer you unconditional payment for those canceled insurance company bulletins and suggest to them that they continue your present contract ? " " There ...
Page 326
... tell he was smiling . You can tell a lot just by the tiniest change in the air . We used to be friends . So long ago , though I could hardly remember when . " Didn't someone once say , ' A friend to kill time is a friend sub- lime ...
... tell he was smiling . You can tell a lot just by the tiniest change in the air . We used to be friends . So long ago , though I could hardly remember when . " Didn't someone once say , ' A friend to kill time is a friend sub- lime ...
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