{"product_id":"motherless-brooklyn-movie-tie-in-edition","title":"Motherless Brooklyn (Movie Tie-In Edition)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMotherless Brooklyn (Movie Tie-In Edition)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJonathan Lethem\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781984899392\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eMedia tie-in\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complusively readable riff on the classic detective novel f\u003cb\u003erom America's most inventive novelist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtterly original and deeply moving. \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, Lionel Essrog is an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly original, captivating homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Motherless Brooklyn (Movie Tie-In Edition) | Jonathan Lethem | Paperback | 9781984899392 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks D 1783142","offer_id":67579612364952,"sku":"1783142","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91uluVfyVhL.jpg?v=1790363588","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/motherless-brooklyn-movie-tie-in-edition","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}