The story of Lionel Essrog, a detective suffering from Tourette's syndrome, as he tracks down the killer of his boss, Frank Minna. Minna enlisted Lionel and his friends when they were teenagers living at Saint Vincent's Home for Boys, ostensibly to perform odd jobs (we're talking very odd) and over the years trained them to become a team of investigators. The Minna men face their most daunting case when they find their mentor in a Dumpster bleeding from stab wounds delivered by an assailant whose identity he refuses to reveal--even while he's dying on the way to the hospital. As a mystery this is a big departure from Lethem's other books, but his brilliance with writing convincing dialogues and plots remains the same. Just don't "fuggetabout" this one!
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