Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn (1999) follows Lionel Essrog, a Brooklyn orphan with Tourette's syndrome working as a private detective, who investigates the murder of his mentor and father figure. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1999. Adapted into a 2019 film written, directed by, and starring Edward Norton. Signed and inscribed by Lethem on the title page: "For Mika Babcock / Good luck with your / own mystery! / Jonathan Lethem."

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, black paper boards. New York: Doubleday, 1999. National Book Critics Circle Award winner (1999). ISBN: 0385491832. #10263.
Fine in fine dust jacket.