tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262022432636672856.post7581710604171961577..comments2022-01-11T05:00:52.498-05:00Comments on Wayne Discussion Blog: "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan LethemHistory of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wayne, NJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194428280198607998noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262022432636672856.post-64360376721638261092012-04-25T11:19:23.639-04:002012-04-25T11:19:23.639-04:00I liked the book. It was a different story/mystery...I liked the book. It was a different story/mystery and well written. The style of writing was not easy reading but the orphan theme and Lionel's Tourette's nudged me on.<br /><br />When I got to the 'meat' of the story, I found myself wondering if the author had Tourette's symdrome. He was very adept at getting into the head of a Tourettic. He seemed so able to describe certain feelings, how and why certain outbursts are caused. <br /><br />Lionel, one of the orphans and has Tourette's is called a 'human freakshow'. Regardless of what the other characters think, he is very intelligent as a result of being a voracious reader in the orphanage library. Minna knew he was smart and obsessive/compulsive and that's why, as Frank was dying, he made Lionel concentrate on 'high holy man' in a joke. Frank knew Lionel's obsession on those words would keep him digging for the truth about the circumstances of his killing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com