num_pages: 308
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
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Asia, Mystery, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 120587
places: Junitaki, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Sapporo
series: The Rat
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞
category: New Face Prize
publisher: The Harvill Press