num_pages: 272
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 the gangsters in 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: Barry, Orton Angwine, Kornfeld, Walter Surface, Celeste Stanhunt, Patricia Pansy Greenleaf, Catherine Teleprompter, Conrad Metcalf, Grover Testafer, Morgenlander, Danny Phoneblum, Maynard Stanhunt, Joey Castle
genres: Crime, Science Fiction, Novels, Noir, Fiction, Detective, Dystopia, Fantasy, Mystery, Speculative Fiction
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: Tor Books