Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn “One of America’s greatest storytellers.” — Washington Post 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 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. . . . Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers. “Like Crying of Lot 49  as written and directed by Elaine May, The Feral Detective 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.” - Megan Abbott “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.” - Dana Spiotta “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.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “ The Feral Detective 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.” - Colson Whitehead “Like The Crying of Lot 49 as written and directed by Elaine May, The Feral   Detective is hilarious and terrifying and wrenching. Phoebe is one of the grandest, funniest heroes I’ve come upon in a long time.” - Megan Abbott “Lethem [is] a master of the genre-bending detective novel and eccentric characters.” - Huffington Post “Being a Jonathan Lethem novel, natural, The Feral Detective has plenty to say about American society along the way.” - Newsday “A highbrow mystery. . . . Fans of Motherless Brooklyn  take note.” - Washington Post “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.”  - Joshua Cohen “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.” - Booklist (starred review) Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a strip mall office on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist as a guide. 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 . . . Jonathan Lethem  is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including  Brooklyn Crime Novel ,  The Feral Detective , and  Motherless Brooklyn , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. His five story collections include  Men and Cartoons  and  Lucky Alan , and his short fiction has appeared in the  New Yorker ,  Harper’s   Magazine ,   and the  Paris Review , among other publications, garnering a Pushcart Prize, a World Fantasy Award, and inclusion in  The Best American Short Stories . The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Los Angeles and Maine.