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Although reading just one of his books hardly ranks me as an expert on his career i will say that this story about a private detective in a future dystopian nightmare will probably be one of the most unusual experiences youll ever have with a book unless you make a habit of reading quirky ultra bizarre fiction

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Lethems future is one in which i would not want to visit let alone live in

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For private investigator conrad metcalf this nightmare is the only world he knows

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It crackles with snappy comebacks and hooked barbs all done in a grand tradition which states that detectives in crime noir stories must speak in clever metaphors and insults

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What makes it so jarring here is when metcalf trades verbal jabs with a guntoting kangaroo named joey castle

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In gun with occasional music dialogue assumes an added dimension when you realize that the only people allowed to ask questions in the future are inquisitors thus the reason that conrad often frets over his inadequate responses when grilling someone for information

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His stock and trade is not as a hired gun or bodyguard per se it literally involves possessing the necessary verbal acumen to properly make inquiries and to look good while doing so

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Lethem studied and mastered the style of the noir masters before writing this book and it shows on virtually every page