Motherless Brooklyn is one of the most solidly crafted books I've read this year. Something there must spark the imagination, get at the essence of life. Not to mention a hundred different movies. What is it about Brooklyn? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Motherless Brooklyn is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.more LionelвЂ™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 LionelвЂ™s colleagues lands in jail, the other two vie for his position, and the victimвЂ™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. VincentвЂ™s Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank MinnaвЂ™s limo service cum detective agency. Life without Frank Minna, the c Lionel Essrog is BrooklynвЂ™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.

Lionel Essrog is BrooklynвЂ™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.

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