Gun, with Occasional Music - by Jonathan Lethem (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of <i>Motherless Brooklyn</i> and <i>The Arrest</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of <i>Motherless Brooklyn</i> and <i>The Arrest</i>.</b><br/><br/>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.<br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>From the celebrated author of Motherless Brooklyn, <br>a wry, satiric parable of a hardboiled man out of time <br>Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems-not the least of which are the<br>rabbit in his waiting room and the trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail.<br>Near-future Oakland is an ominous place where evolved animals function<br>as members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and<br>mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage. In this<br>brave new world, Metcalf has been shadowing the wife of an affluent doctor, <br>perhaps falling a little in love with her at the same time. But when the<br>doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in the<br>crossfire in a futuristic world that is both funny-and not so funny. <p>"Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous, and highly<br>readable entertainment."-SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER <br>"Lethem has talent to burn."-THE VILLAGE VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT<br>AUTHOR OF THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE <p>Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including<br>National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Motherless Brooklyn<br>and The Fortress of Solitude. He lives in New York City.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC<br>Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision . . . An audaciously assured first novel.-Newsweek <p/>Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous and highly readable entertainment.-San Francisco Examiner <p/>PRAISE FOR MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN<br>The best novel of the year . . . Utterly original and deeply moving.-Esquire <p/>Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora.-Newsweek <p/><br>
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