6/20/2023 0 Comments Motherless brooklyn book review![]() But after one of Frank’s meetings with an unnamed man at a Yorkville Zendo (a Buddhist study center) goes horribly wrong and Frank is murdered, the sensitive, focused, emotionally distraught Lionel endeavors to solve the mystery of Frank’s murder and achieve justice for his fallen mentor. ![]() ![]() Lionel and his fellow “Minna Men” Tony, Danny, and Gilbert have, at the start of the novel, long idolized Minna and have sought to do whatever he needs, whenever he needs it-the three of them work as drivers and uncredentialed “detectives” for Frank. More often than not, these jobs were illegitimate but were rather in service of a pair of “clients” called Rockaforte and Matricardi, a pair of high-ranking mobsters who had long had Minna in their pockets. When Lionel was a young teenager, the local Brooklyn mobster Frank Minna began using him and three other teens from the orphanage- Tony, Gilbert, and Danny-to help with physical labor on “moving” jobs. This has led to him having been called a “freak” all his life-yet Lionel alone realizes that the obsessive, repetitive nature of his tics actually allows him to do more intentional, more careful work as a burgeoning detective. ![]() Lionel is an orphan who has Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by compulsive, repetitive physical movements and verbal vocalizations called tics. Lionel Essrog is the protagonist and narrator of Motherless Brooklyn. ![]()
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