Recommended by Brian Koppelman, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #11 in Surrealism, Ranked #13 in Japanese — see more rankings.
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. less
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Brian Koppelman If you have always wanted to read [this author], I think this [Covid-19] period of time is perfect for it. He could have conceived of this whole thing. (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) is ranked in the following categories:
- #52 in Asian
- #46 in Magical Realism
- #71 in Postmodernism
- #84 in Translated
- #82 in Weird