Review: Norton crafts a ‘Chinatown’-ish tale in ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Jonathan Lethem’s novel about a private eye with Tourette’s syndrome, “Motherless Brooklyn,” starts with a brilliant burst of uncontrolled profanity and an explanation of its protagonist’s condition. “Words rush out of the cornucopia of my brain to course over the surface of the world, tickling reality like fingers on piano keys. Caressing, nudging. They’re an invisible army on a peacekeeping mission, a peaceable horde. They mean no harm.” Lethem lets loose a riot of language across the subsequent pages, remaking a classic detective story with an uncontrollable flow of words. In his intelligent, engrossing and derivative adaptation of “ Motherless Brooklyn ,” Edward Norton has something tidier in mind. Norton, who wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film, has shifted the story from the ’90s to the ’50s, taking a then-contemporary twist on an old genre and sending it back to its late-noir heyd...
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Wikipedia Alex Hales From WikiEvents, the free encyclopedia Alexander Daniel "Alex" Hales (conceived 3 January 1989) is an English top notch cricketer. He is a right-gave opening batsman who as of now plays for Nottinghamshire, Sunrisers Hyderabad and the England cricket group. He made his One Day Global presentation against India in August 2014 and his Test make a big appearance against South Africa in December 2015. Hales is the first and forward just English batsman to score a T20I century. He is additionally the main batsman to be rejected for 99 out of an ODI and a T20I. Wikipedia Alex Hales Background Hales was conceived in Hillingdon and gone to both Westbrook Feed School and Chesham Secondary School (now Chesham Language structure School) in Buckinghamshire. Wikipedia Alex Hales His dad Gary broke a few neighborho...