{"product_id":"9780062859075","title":"The Feral Detective : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhoebe 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. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A highbrow mystery. . . . Fans of \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e take note.”\u003cbr\u003e“Being a Jonathan Lethem novel, natural, \u003cem\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e has plenty to say about American society along the way.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lethem [is] a master of the genre-bending detective novel and eccentric characters.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e investigates our haunted America in all its contemporary guises — at the edge of the city, beyond the blank desert, in the apartment next door. It’s a nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem’s trademark verve and wit.”\u003cbr\u003e“Like \u003cem\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/em\u003e as written and directed by Elaine May, \u003cem\u003eThe Feral\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetective\u003c\/em\u003e is hilarious and terrifying and wrenching. Phoebe is one of the grandest, funniest heroes I’ve come upon in a long time.”\u003cbr\u003e“Wild, urgent, and very funny. As always, Lethem writes knowingly and brilliantly about weird, off-the-grid, wayward America. In his ever-more-electric prose, he illuminates both the barbarity and the beauty.”\u003cbr\u003e“I want to read a shelf of Heist. I want to make him my new Travis McGee, and that’s, seriously, the highest praise I know.” \u003cbr\u003e“A funny but rage-fueled stunner. . . . Both [characters] are compelling, as are the desert setting and the vividly realized descriptions of its dwellers. . . . An unrelentingly paced tale. . . . Utterly unique and absolutely worthwhile.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062859075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41118127390926,"sku":"9780062859075","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062859075.jpg?v=1649910306","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062859075","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}