Gun, With Occasional Music: A Novel
Jonathan LethemGumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems—there's a rabbit in his waiting room & 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, & mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol & Acceptol are all the rage.
Mixing elements of sci-fi, noir, & mystery, this clever first novel from a beloved author is a wry, funny, & satiric look at all that the future may hold. 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 & gangsters who operate out of the back room of a bar called the Fickle Muse.
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“Marries Chandler's style & Philip K. Dick's vision.” — Newsweek
“Marvelous…Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous, & highly readable entertainment.” — San Francisco Examiner
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Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Arrest, The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, Dissident Gardens, Chronic City, & Motherless Brooklyn, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. His essay collection The Ecstasy of Influence was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He currently teaches creative writing at Pomona College in California.