Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn

1999 • 311 pages

Ratings42

Average rating3.8

15

Hmm. This was certainly an engaging, fast read. I enjoyed Lionel's narration–his Tourette's Syndrome provided some interesting phrases, even as I wondered about how problematic the use of Tourette's as both a literal characteristic as well as a metaphor might be. Ultimately, noir detective fiction just is not my preferred genre, but this was an entertaining example of it.

November 1, 2011