(SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN LETHEM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0385491832. One of the most brilliant new voices in American literature. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2005.

Selected as one of the 'Best Books of The Year' by the New York Times in 2003 for 'Fortress of Solitude'. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999 for 'Motherless Brooklyn'. Winner of the Crawford Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1994 for 'Gun, With Occasional Music'. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. Please note: Copies of the book available online have serious flaws or are in innumerable subsequent printings. As far as we know, this is the only such signed set of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing and vintage photographic print available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. This comes with a lovely 6 X 4 inch vintage color photographic print of the author, also very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker in front by Jonathan Lethem.

His signature is vintage and fills up the page. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This copy of 'Motherless Brooklyn' is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jonathan Lethem. An absolute 'must-have' collectible, not just memorabilia, set for Jonathan Lethem collectors. Comes with a lovely vintage portrait of the twenty-something Jonathan Lethem posing in front of a remarkable announcement of the Appearance/Event devoted to him. The basis of the fine - and underrated - film adaptation by Edward Norton, director and actor. Utterly original and deeply moving' (Esquire Magazine). In Lionel Essrog, Lethem created one of the most memorable characters of contemporary American fiction, the 'Human Freakshow', afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. His best book since his debut, 'Gun, With Occasional Music' (1994). Presents Jonathan Lethem's 'Motherless Brooklyn'. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. One of the most important American novels of our time. Fine copies of 'Motherless Brooklyn' and a 6 X 4 inch vintage color photographic print of the author, both signed by Jonathan Lethem.

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