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. PRAISE FOR GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC "Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision . . . An audaciously assured first novel."-Newsweek "Marvelous . . . Stylish, intelligent, darkly humorous and highly readable entertainment."-San Francisco Examiner PRAISE FOR MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN "The best novel of the year . . . Utterly original and deeply moving."-Esquire "Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora."-Newsweek

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