'Brooklyn Crime Novel' explores relationships among the borough's cultures and races
Jonathan Lethem's narrative is a nonlinear mosaic; an amalgamation of vignettes coming together to create a beautiful, gritty, impeccably researched portrait of Brooklyn, its history, and its people.
A woman screams from her apartment. A kid introduces a new friend to the risky art of shoplifting. A car burns on the street, and no one sees anything. A baseball shatters a windshield. A group of kids steals from another group of kids. A young woman learns to hide from shady strangers at the bodega. Cops show up and they don't care. Bookstores hold secrets. Businesses open, stick around for a few generations, and then vanish. Families come and go. Gentrification
