For 10 points, name this American author who often writes about Brooklyn and penned The Fortress of Solitude.
This author wrote about an orphan who joins Tony, Danny and Gilbert in a group that call themselves the "Minna Men"aftfter low-level mobster Frank Minna, who owns a seedy detective agency before he's mysteriously stabbed to death. This authorwrote about a mysterious tiger that sporadically appears and destroys buildings including the apartment of eccentric criticPerkus Tooth, who forms an unlikely friendship with washed-up child actor Chase Insteadman in another novel. The protagonistof his most famous novel is the son of the former lead singer of a band called The Subtle Distinctions, Barrett Rude. Thisauthor of Chronic City wrote about Lionel Essrog, a young detective with Tourette's, in Motherless Brooklyn and wrote aboutthe teenage friends, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude, discovering a magic ring in a novel titled for Superman's headquarters.For 10 points, name this American author who often writes about Brooklyn and penned The Fortress of Solitude.
This author wrote about an orphan who joins Tony, Danny and Gilbert in a group that call themselves the "Minna Men"aftfter low-level mobster Frank Minna, who owns a seedy detective agency before he's mysteriously stabbed to death.
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