This novel is funny and amazing. Anyone familiar with Lethem's previous work knows that this will not be your run-of-the-mill detective story. The narrator, Lionel Essrog, has Tourette's Syndrome and not only do we get to hear his shouts and barks, but we are also privy to the ricocheting of word co...
This was a really enjoyable ride. The protagonist's Tourrette's makes his narration marvelously amusing as he puzzles out the solution to this murder mystery.