{"product_id":"gun-with-occasional-music","title":"Gun, with Occasional Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Arrest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGumshoe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetcalf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMixing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0156028972\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780156028974\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Lethem, Jonathan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2003)","offer_id":45937618485445,"sku":"9780156028974","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780156028974_c7973eca-4765-4bba-93ad-72c8e1e59f15.jpg?v=1772881274","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/gun-with-occasional-music","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}