Gun, with occasional music
"Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems--not the least of which are the rabbit in his waiting room and the trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail. Near-future Oakland is an ominous place where evolved animals function as members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage. In this brave new world, Metcalf has been shadowing the wife of an affluent doctor, perhaps falling a little in love with her at the same time…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Gun, with occasional music / Jonathan Lethem.
Summary
"Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems--not the least of which are the rabbit in his waiting room and the trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail. Near-future Oakland is an ominous place where evolved animals function as members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage. In this brave new world, Metcalf has been shadowing the wife of an affluent doctor, perhaps falling a little in love with her at the same time. But when the doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in the crossfire in a futuristic world that is both funny--and not so funny."--Page 4 of cover.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1994
- Edition:First Harvest edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Mariner Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1994
Notes
A novel.
The Physical Object
- Description:271 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780156028974, 0156028972
- oclc:on1346155406
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