Gun, With Occasional Music (Inscribed To Conrad Metcalf)
by Jonathan Lethem
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151364583
- ISBN 13
- 9780151364589
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Lethem on the title page: "To Conrad Metcalf -- Next Time I'm Putting An Aardvark On Your Tail." Of course, Conrad Metcalf is a central character in the novel. Fine in Fine dust jacket - clean, crisp and unread. A SUPERB and HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE COPY of the author's 1st book.
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Bob's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio22225093
- Title
- Gun, With Occasional Music (Inscribed To Conrad Metcalf)
- Author
- Jonathan Lethem
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151364583
- ISBN 13
- 9780151364589
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
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