{"product_id":"the-feral-detective-a-novel-isbn-9780062859068","title":"The Feral Detective: A Novel","description":"\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 | \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 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e delivers the same memorable delights: ecstatic word-play, deeply felt characters, and a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor. \u003cem\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Like \u003cem\u003eCrying of Lot 49\u003c\/em\u003e as written and directed by Elaine May, \u003cem\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e is hilarious and terrifying and wrenching. And, as the first novel I’ve read to reckon openly with the trauma of November 2016, unbearably resonant. Phoebe is one of the grandest, funniest heroes I’ve come upon in a long time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana Spiotta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColson Whitehead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lethem [is] a master of the genre-bending detective novel and eccentric characters.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Being a Jonathan Lethem novel, natural, \u003cem\u003eThe Feral Detective\u003c\/em\u003e has plenty to say about American society along the way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A highbrow mystery. . . . Fans of \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e take note.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I want to read a shelf of Heist. 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