Motherless Brooklyn on “Subway Page-Turners”, a list by Marcus Hale on TheLysts.
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Jonathan Lethem
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Neo-noir Brooklyn mystery with a crooked heart and a twitchy narrator.
My take
Feels like following a lovable screwup detective through a version of Brooklyn that’s half real streets, half fever dream. The Tourette’s voice could’ve been a gimmick, but it lands like jazz riffs on top of a solid crime story. If you’re into noir with a
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