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| Publisher: | Harcourt |
| Genres: | Fiction Books, Science Fiction, Mystery Books |
| Authors: | Jonathan Lethem |
| Pages: | 271 pages |
| ISBN10: | 0156028972 |
| ISBN13: | 9780156028974 |
| Tags: | Fiction Books, Science Fiction, Mystery Books, Free Download, PDF Download |
| Language: | en |
| Physical Form: | PDF Book |
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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.
