num_pages: 262
description: From the celebrated author of Motherless Brooklyn, a wry, satiric parable of a hardboiled man out of time.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.
language: English
title: Gun, with occasional music
titlecomplete: Gun, with occasional music
characters: Walter Surface, Kornfeld, Orton Angwine, Conrad Metcalf, Celeste Stanhunt, Maynard Stanhunt, Catherine Teleprompter, Barry, Danny Phoneblum, Patricia Pansy Greenleaf, Grover Testafer, Morgenlander, Joey Castle
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Noir, Detective, Novels, Fantasy, Crime, Dystopia
ratings_count: 10951
places: Oakland, California
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Harcourt