num_pages: 262
description: Conrad Metcalf has problems. He has a monkey on his back, a rabbit in his waiting room, and a trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail. (Maybe evolution therapy is not such a good idea.). He's been shadowing Celeste, the wife of an affluent Oakland urologist. Maybe falling in love with her a little at the same time. When the doctor turns up dead, Metcalf finds himself caught in a crossfire between the boys from the Inquisitor's Office and gangsters who operate out of the back room of the Fickle Muse. Jonathan Lethem's first novel is a science fiction mystery. It's funny. It's 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: New English Library