Gun, With Occasional Music

Author: Jonathan Lethem

Set in the future, the humans of the world interact with animals who have developed the ability to speak and interact in society. Inevitably some of them have become bad bunnies. However, this is not the world of Roger Rabbit. Some of the animals are gangsters and stone-cold killers. Society, as a whole, has decided to accept things as they are. People are given medications to make them more compliant and more forgetful. Only the police and PIs are permitted to ask questions. ItÃƒÂ¢s too disruptive otherwise. In a classic private eye set-up, Conrad Metcalf is following the beautiful wife for his client, when the client ends up dead. The officials want to talk to Metcalf, but so do some of the local gangster elements as well. Why It Made the List Lethem is a well-known author of seven novels. HeÃƒÂ¢s won the Novel of the Year awarded by Esquire magazine, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Golden Dagger from the Crime Writers Association. HeÃƒÂ¢s a founding editor of a magazine as well. His works are always highly anticipated events. Read It If You Likeanimals as characters, private eye novels, thought control

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