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Zusatztext “Surrealistic! genre-bending. . . . The personal nature of Phoebe’s tectonic shift in the desert is palpable! made flesh by Lethem’s linguistic alchemy. . . . A haunting tour of the gulf between the privileged and the dispossessed.” Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including Brooklyn Crime Novel , The Feral Detective , and Motherless Brooklyn , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. His five story collections include Men and Cartoons and Lucky Alan , and his short fiction has appeared in the New Yorker , Harper’s Magazine , and the Paris Review , among other publications, garnering a Pushcart Prize, a World Fantasy Award, and inclusion in The Best American Short Stories. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine. Klappentext Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s miss-ing 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 delivers the same memorable delights: ecstatic word-play, deeply felt characters, and a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor. The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers. Zusammenfassung Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn “One of America’s greatest storytellers.” — Washington Post 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. ...
