Three extraordinary works by the New York Times–bestselling,
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier
& Clay and Moonglow. A trio of acclaimed masterworks of
contemporary fiction by multiple award-winning author Michael Chabon,
hailed by the Washington Post Book World as “a young American
Nabokov.” The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: Michael Chabon’s
“astonishing” debut (The New York Times) follows Art Bechstein, a
man still too young to know what he wants. He only knows what he
doesn’t want: the life of his money-laundering father. During the
summer after graduation he’s finding his own way with brilliant and
seductive new friends—erudite Arthur Lecomte, the confounding and
mercurial Phlox, and a poetry-reciting biker who pulls Art inevitably
back into his father’s mobbed-up world. Wonder Boys: Grady
Tripp’s first novel made him a literary star. Seven years later,
he’s a writing professor in Pittsburgh, plummeting through middle
age, stuck with an unfinishable manuscript, an estranged wife, a
pregnant girlfriend, and a talented but alienated student named James
Leer. During one lost weekend at a writing festival with Leer and
debauched editor Terry Crabtree, Tripp finally confronts the wreckage
of his past in a “wise, wildly funny” (Chicago Tribune) reckoning
with the self-destructive decisions of his life. Werewolves in
Their Youth: An indelible cast of characters finds themselves at
crossroads in this astonishing collection of short fiction. A young
misfit fails to protect his best friend from the scorn of their
classmates; a kleptomaniac real estate agent leads an unhappy couple
on a disastrous house tour; and a heartbroken grifter finds his
ex-girlfriend’s grandmother is both an easy mark and a source of
redemption. “When you read these stories, it may strike you how
seldom you come across really beautiful writing” (USA Today).
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and Werewolves in Their Youth
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781504052023
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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