The Pickup Artist

There are too many books! Too much music, too much art. The job of the Bureau of Arts and Entertainment is to collect and destroy the old, so as to make room for the new. Hank Shapiro is a dedicated BAE agent. Dependable. Uncorruptible. Pitiless. Until he meets the girl in the bluebird sweater and bends the rules just once. And finds himself on a wild chase through the fleemarkets [sic] of America, from the towering landfills of New York City to the drive-thru crematoriums of Las Vegas. There is also a talking dog.