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Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathon Lethem





Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathon Lethem
Vintage Books; October 2000

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Description:
A young man named Lionel "Freakshow" Essrog, an orphan who suffers from Tourette's syndrome, is the hero of Jonathon Lethem's novel, Motherless Brooklyn. Essrog tracks down the murderer of his friend and boss, gangster Frank Minna. A National Books Critics Circle Award winner.

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Links for this book:
salon.com
January Magazine

Also by this author:
Amnesia Moon; St. Martin's Press; August 1996

As She Climbed Across the Table; St. Martin's Press; February 1998

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