Autobodies: Detectives, Disorders, and Getting out of the Neighborhood
This article explores two detective stories featuring protagonists with neurological conditions. Lionel Essrog, the narrator of Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn (1999), suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome, and Mark Genevich, hero of Paul Tremblay’s The Little Sleep (2009), has narcolepsy. Each cha...
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Main Author: | James Peacock |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2021-12-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/17534 |
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