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    A Wild Sheep Chase
    Book 3 in the series:The Rat

    A Wild Sheep Chase - The Rat by Haruki Murakami
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    A dreamlike romp through 1970s Japan with a surreal quest at its heart - A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami in full whimsical, mysterious form. Not for everyone, but a treat for those who love strange, thought-provoking fiction.

    The day of the funeral, I took a streetcar from Waseda. I got off near the end of the line. The map proved about as helpful as a globe would have been. I ended up buying pack after pack of cigarettes,...

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    Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
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    A beautifully written, deeply human collection that’s perfect for slow, thoughtful reading - especially for those who appreciate nuanced storytelling and voices from the heart of urban America.

    Her father would say years later that she had dreamed that part of it, that she had never gone out through the kitchen window at two or three in the morning to visit the birds. By that time in his lif...

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    Summerwater by Sarah Moss
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    A moody, immersive read that beautifully captures the tension and quiet drama of ordinary lives - perfect for a rainy day, but go in expecting atmosphere over incident.

    JUSTINE HAS SLEPT the way she used to sleep before taking a morning flight. You wake to check the time, reach out in the dark for your phone, for the button you can find in your sleep. It tells you no...

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