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Book Review By Nico Self
Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem

Conrad Metcalf, is a down on his luck P.I., out to investigate the murder of his one-time employer Maynard Stanhunt, an even heavier drug user, and clear the man accused of his murder, Orton Angwine.
To aid (or hinder) him along the way are genetically altered animals and babies (altered to have the mind of adults), the dystopian police, and a backroom mob scene intent on keeping track of Conrad.
But luckily for Conrad, he has the license (as a P.I.) to ask people questions, for it is illegal for civilians to ask anything of neighbors, and his own personal drug blend to help him forget the fact that he switched his male nerve workings for his lover's and she never came back, making him feel like a girl (literally).


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a killer (criminal)
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 %
If enemy is a group... - political faction

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - animal
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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