Gun With Occasional Music
by Lethem, Jonathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151364583
- ISBN 13
- 9780151364589
- Seller
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Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
First edition with lull letter line beginning with "A". Author's first novel, a science fiction mystery. "John Metcalf has problems. He has a monkey on his back, a rabbit his waiting room, and a trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail" then things start to get strange. Quarter green cloth and beige paper covered boards. Near fine in NF dust jacket. Very light bump to heel of spine. Hence NF grade. Note: dust jacket was printed to appear distressed/worn when in fact it is not. This copy has faint wear to heel of jacket and small smudge to verso of front panel, hence NF grade.
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1450
- Title
- Gun With Occasional Music
- Author
- Lethem, Jonathan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151364583
- ISBN 13
- 9780151364589
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 262
- Size
- 8.5 X 5.75”
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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