Motherless Brooklyn
by Lethem, Jonathan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385491832
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491839
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1999-09-13. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases & toning in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Motherless Brooklyn is a Jonathan Lethem novel published in 1999. It is a detective story set in Brooklyn. The novel won the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and the 2000 Gold Dagger award for crime fiction. Lethem's protagonist has Tourette syndrome, a disorder marked by involuntary tics. In 2005 it was announced that Edward Norton would direct, adapt, and star in a film adaptation, set in the 1950s. The movie will be released in 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARSletMOT
- Title
- Motherless Brooklyn
- Author
- Lethem, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385491832
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491839
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999-09-13
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 20 oz
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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