<p><b>A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami''s brilliantly surreal, detective-story classic, now with a new introduction by the author.</b><br><br>The man was leading an aimless life, time passing, one big blank. His girlfriend has perfectly formed ears, ears with the power to bewitch, marvels of creation. The man receives a letter from a friend, enclosing a seemingly innocent photograph of sheep, and a request: place the photograph somewhere it will be seen.<br><br>Then, one September afternoon, the phone rings, and the adventure begins. Welcome to the wild sheep chase.<br><br><b>''Murakami''s style and imagination are closer to that of Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Carver and John Irving'' <i>New York Times</i></b></p>