A Wild Sheep Chase

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Title: A Wild Sheep Chase Author: Haruki Murakami ISBN: 9780375718946 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2002 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A 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. Show more