num_pages: 271
description: 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.
language: English
title: Gun, With Occasional Music
titlecomplete: Gun, With Occasional Music
characters: Celeste Stanhunt, Danny Phoneblum, Patricia Pansy Greenleaf, Walter Surface, Kornfeld, Orton Angwine, Barry, Grover Testafer, Maynard Stanhunt, Conrad Metcalf, Morgenlander, Joey Castle, Catherine Teleprompter
genres: Detective, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Crime, Noir, Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 10947
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: Ecco