Motherless Brooklyn (novel)
1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the film based on the novel, see Motherless Brooklyn (film).
Motherless Brooklyn is a novel by Jonathan Lethem that was first published in 1999. Told in first person, the story follows Lionel Essrog, a private investigator who has Tourette's, a disorder marked by involuntary tics. Essrog works for Frank Minna, a small-time owner of a "seedy and makeshift" detective agency disguised as a transportation company. Together, Essrog and three other characters who are all orphans from Brooklyn—Tony, Danny, and Gilbert—call themselves "the Minna Men".[1]
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Author | Jonathan Lethem |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Detective novel |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1999 |
Media type | |
ISBN | 0-385-49183-2 |
OCLC | 40723751 |
813.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3562.E8544 M68 1999 |
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