Chai Sheep was listening to Hamilton non-stop during break, so the library team has put together a brand new Hamilton-inspired display! Come on in to check out books written by and about immigrants!
Chai the Sheep!
This week (2/1—2/5) stop by the library and add a name to the basket. The library team will select a name from the suggestions and share the winning name on Monday, Feb 8th!
Our library mascot will help share about new books and also explore BAA and Boston!
How can you not love a book that says,"Tell him next time he wants to talk to me, don't send a marsupial," and means it literally? Gun, With Occasional Music is a dystopian detective story and whether you're in for the dsytopia or in it for the detective story (I am in it for the detective story), it's a great read. Conrad Metcalf is a detective who's last client ends up dead, and it's up to him to find out what really happened. Featuring, as mentioned before, a kangaroo named Joey Castle, a beautiful blonde named Celeste Stanhope and a freely available drugs with names like Forgettol, Acceptol and Regrettol.
Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf has problems-there's a rabbit in his waiting room and a trigger-happy kangaroo on his tail. Near-future Oakland is a brave new world where evolved animals are members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage.
Metcalf has been shadowing Celeste, the wife of an affluent doctor. Perhaps he's falling a little in love with her at the same time. When the doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in a crossfire between the boys from the Inquisitor's Office and gangsters who operate out of the back room of a bar called the Fickle Muse.
Mixing elements of sci-fi, noir, and mystery, this clever first novel from the author of Motherless Brooklyn is a wry, funny, and satiric look at all that the future may hold.
