Gun, with Occasional Music

Gun, with Occasional MusicGumshoe 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

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 the author of Motherless Brooklyn is a wry, funny, and satiric look at all that the future may hold.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/01/2003
ISBN: 9780156028974
Pages: 269
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.96h x 6.38w x 0.74d