The Feral Detective Av Jonathan Lethem

<p><b>''A nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem''s trademark verve and wit'' </b>Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>The Underground Railroad</i><br><br>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 - a laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer - 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...<br><br>Jonathan Lethem''s first detective novel since <i>Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective</i> is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers.</p>