{"product_id":"motherless-brooklyn-by-jonathan-lethem-first-edition-1999-doubleday","title":"Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem [FIRST EDITION] 1999 • Doubleday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION [1999] DOUBLEDAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e8th Printing \/ 1999.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine, neat mint copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket is beautiful; ships in a new custom-fit jacket protector!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is pristine.  Looks and reads like new!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e⚜︎\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e⚜︎\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLionel 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether 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. 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. 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48436622819577,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/motherlessbrooklyn-1.jpg?v=1779567811","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/motherless-brooklyn-by-jonathan-lethem-first-edition-1999-doubleday","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}