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The Feral Detective

by Jonathan Lethem

First published 2018 · 336 pages

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About this book

Convincing an enigmatic loner to help her search for a friend's missing daughter, Phoebe traverses the outskirts of California's stunning Inland Empire, where she discovers her companion's complicated relationship with warring tribes of outcasts.

  • Missing persons
  • Private investigators
  • Fiction
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • Missing persons, fiction
  • Private investigators, fiction
  • Los angeles (calif.), fiction
  • New York Times reviewed

Reader reviews

  • Josh60/100

    Meh. I guess I just don't dig Jonathan Letham's writing that much. The characters seemed wooden and forgettable. I guess the protagonist was supposed to be witty/clever, but she just came off as kinda generic. It wasn't painful to read.

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