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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... thought back on it , what a pointless trip ! I thought it was all paperwork . The problem was that nobody else thought it . It comes down to the different ways in which minds work . What's over for one person isn't over for another ...
... thought back on it , what a pointless trip ! I thought it was all paperwork . The problem was that nobody else thought it . It comes down to the different ways in which minds work . What's over for one person isn't over for another ...
Page 136
... thought . Though I doubt they ever learned anything . Did they really imagine they could uncover something of that order when the more basic fact of his living remained a mystery ? Short of an autopsy , there was no way they would find ...
... thought . Though I doubt they ever learned anything . Did they really imagine they could uncover something of that order when the more basic fact of his living remained a mystery ? Short of an autopsy , there was no way they would find ...
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... thought it over a lot , but in the end that's what I decided . Still , I can only see myself doing it at my own pace . When I talk , I will talk as I like . I mean I have the right to make small talk if I want . I don't like having my ...
... thought it over a lot , but in the end that's what I decided . Still , I can only see myself doing it at my own pace . When I talk , I will talk as I like . I mean I have the right to make small talk if I want . I don't like having my ...
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