![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Essrog works for Frank Minna, a small-time neighborhood owner of a 'seedy and makeshift' detective agency. The story is set in Brooklyn, and follows Lionel Essrog, a detective who has Tourettes, a disorder marked by involuntary tics. Motherless Brooklyn is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. Motherless Brooklyn is a novel by Jonathan Lethem that was first published in 1999. Lionel's world is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has trouble even conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head. But when Frank is fatally stabbed, one of Lionel's colleagues lands in jail, the other two vie for his position, and the victim's widow skips town. Life without Frank Minna, the charismatic King of Brooklyn, would be unimaginable, so who cares if the tasks he sets them are, well, not exactly legal. ![]() Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A complusively readable riff on the classic detective novel from Americas most inventive. Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in the most startling and original ways. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem: 9780375724831 : Books NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A complusively readable riff on the classic detective novel from Americas most inventive novelist. Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem € 17.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. ![]()
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