Author : Jonathan Lethem
Release : 2003-09-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 140/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Gun, with Occasional Music by : Jonathan Lethem
Download or read book Gun, with Occasional Music written by Jonathan Lethem. This book was released on 2003-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Arrest Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel 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.