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The Feral Detective
A Mystery Novel by Jonathan Lethem
Subgenres:
- Detective Fiction,
- Desert Setting,
- Missing Person
This book is for you if you're into...
- Offbeat detectives with pet opossums in their desk drawers
- Desert noir with eccentric loners and uneasy alliances
- Search parties that spiral into violent, unpredictable showdowns
Jonathan Lethem's first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn
Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist to help. A laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer, Heist intrigues the sarcastic and garrulous Phoebe. Reluctantly, he agrees to help.
The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble—caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist, mysteriously, can end. Phoebe's trip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous.
Jonathan Lethem's first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.
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