Gun, With Occasional Music

TitleGun, With Occasional Music
Year for Search1994
AuthorsLethem, Jonathan [Allen](b. 1964)
Date Published1994
PublisherHarcourt Brace
Place PublishedSan Diego, CA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Future authoritarian dystopia presented as a mystery novel set in the future. Drugs, including "Forgettol", "Acceptol", and "Regrettol" which do what their names suggest, and can be blended to produce a combination. Detectives are known as Inquisitors. Personal questions considered impolite. Sex change operations are common. There are evolved animals.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. Rpt. London: Faber & Faber, 2001.

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Author Note

(b. 1964)

Full Text

1994 Lethem, Jonathan [Allen] (b. 1964). Gun, With Occasional Music. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace. U.K. ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. Rpt. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. PSt

Future authoritarian dystopia presented as a mystery novel set in the future. Drugs, including “Forgettol”, “Acceptol”, and “Regrettol” which do what their names suggest, and can be blended to produce a combination. Detectives are known as Inquisitors. Personal questions considered impolite. Sex change operations are common. There are evolved animals.