Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem
(Author)
Description
A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Arrest.Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems--there's a rabbit in his waiting room and a trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail. Near-future Oakland is a brave new world where evolved animals are members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage.
Metcalf has been shadowing Celeste, the wife of an affluent doctor. Perhaps he's falling a little in love with her at the same time. When the doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in a crossfire between the boys from the Inquisitor's Office and gangsters who operate out of the back room of a bar called the Fickle Muse.
Mixing elements of sci-fi, noir, and mystery, this clever first novel from a beloved author is a wry, funny, and satiric look at all that the future may hold.
Product Details
Price
$16.99
$15.80
Publisher
Ecco Press
Publish Date
September 01, 2003
Pages
269
Dimensions
6.38 X 7.96 X 0.74 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780156028974
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About the Author
Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Arrest, The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He currently teaches creative writing at Pomona College in California.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC
"Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision . . . An audaciously assured first novel."-Newsweek "Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous and highly readable entertainment."-San Francisco Examiner PRAISE FOR MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN
"The best novel of the year . . . Utterly original and deeply moving."-Esquire "Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora."-Newsweek
"Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision . . . An audaciously assured first novel."-Newsweek "Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous and highly readable entertainment."-San Francisco Examiner PRAISE FOR MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN
"The best novel of the year . . . Utterly original and deeply moving."-Esquire "Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora."-Newsweek