num_pages: 353
description: His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be running the world, and the upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist.
language: English
title: A Wild Sheep Chase
titlecomplete: A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
genres: Asia, Japanese Literature, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Japan, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 120533
places: Hokkaido, Sapporo, Tokyo, Junitaki
series: The Rat
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞
category: New Face Prize
publisher: Vintage