num_pages: 262
description: In a bizarre, noirish world shared by people and intelligent animals, Conrad Metcalf, a human private detective, finds one of his cases has drawn him into a conflict between gangsters and the Inquisitor's office
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 Brace