Autobodies: Detectives, Disorders, and Getting out of the Neighborhood (2021)
Journal Article
Peacock. (2021). Autobodies: Detectives, Disorders, and Getting out of the Neighborhood. European Journal of American Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.17534

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... Read More about Autobodies: Detectives, Disorders, and Getting out of the Neighborhood.