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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780061687570 ISBN: 006168757X Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: October 01, 2008 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: September 30, 2008 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Product Description: By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not What I ExpectedI picked this up from the bargin sale table in the bookstore; I'm certainly glad I didn't pay full price. I never read any of Chabon's work, but this was a much-heralded first novel from a Pulitzer winner so I thought it would be a good read. Best thing I can say is the book is short & a quick read, so I don't regret the colossal waste of my time it was. Maybe it was the sloppy details (BMW doesn't make 1500cc motorcycles or have kick starters) but when one of the main characters is riding a motorcycle ... Read More Rating:  - Post-college confusionI am envious of Michael Chabon. To have the skill to write such a near perfect book for your first novel is remarkable. It is also a shame that this book is overshadowed by "Kavalier and Clay" and the "Wonder Boys" since it shouldn't take a back seat to either of those novels. The book explores the first summer post-college for Art Bechstein. Chabon's portrait of Art -- the strained and tense relationship with his father, the family tradegy still haunting him from his youth, his sexual ... Read More Rating:  - The bisexual coming of age bookThis is can be a very painful book to read. All of the characters are larger than life except the women. Or should I say the woman, the female love interest who turns out to be a cardboard doofus. All the cool guys are cooler than frozen cucumbers; they are physically formidable and intellectually blank (as is the current ideal). Daddy is a gangster. Sonny is clueless. Then he discovers homosexuality. Wow! Brave new world that has such magical, mystical, manliness. I can't put it down fast enough. Rating: - I'd wait for the movie to come out...When Art Bechstein was finally able to leave Washington, D.C., and his mob father behind, he ran to Pittsburgh to attend school. His last summer in the sweltering city proved to be an exciting and intriguing adventure. The handsome and personable Arthur Lecomte introduces Art to women, sex and a new way of life, but with the arrival of Arthur's mysterious friend, Cleveland, Art must face his father and the "family" he tried to forget. Michael Chabon's debut novel, set in the 80s, is ... Read More Rating: - Beautiful and complex storyI loved the flow of language and the development of character. This story develops like a fairy tale with a gritty edge and depth of reality that makes the reading a profound experience. |
