num_pages: 262
description: The first novel by Jonathan Lethem (author of the award-winning Motherless Brooklyn ) is a science-fiction mystery, a dark and funny post-modern romp serving further evidence that Lethem is the distinctive voice of a new generation.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 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.
language: English
title: Gun, with Occasional Music
titlecomplete: Gun, with Occasional Music
characters: Orton Angwine, Celeste Stanhunt, Joey Castle, Grover Testafer, Danny Phoneblum, Walter Surface, Maynard Stanhunt, Catherine Teleprompter, Barry, Morgenlander, Conrad Metcalf, Kornfeld, Patricia Pansy Greenleaf
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Crime, Detective, Noir, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 10948
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: Faber & Faber