The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Softcover

Chabon, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006168757X ISBN 13: 9780061687570

Publisher: Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

The enthralling debut from bestselling novelistMichael Chabon is a penetrating narrative of complexfriendships, father-son conflicts, and the awakening of a young man’s sexualidentity. Chabon masterfully renders the funny,tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein,whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like The Catcher in the Rye’s HoldenCaulfield and The Great Gatsby’s NickCarraway. TheMysteries of Pittsburgh incontrovertibly established Chabonas a powerful force in contemporary fiction, even before his PulitzerPrize-winning novel The AmazingAdventures of Kavalier & Clay set theliterary world spinning. An unforgettable story of coming of age in America, itis also an essential milestone in the movement of American fiction, from anovelist who has become one of the most important and enduring voices of thisgeneration.

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Review:

A strikingly accomplished debut (Sunday Times)

His style has an enviable suppleness and fluency which offers the perfect vehicle for the moral feints and shifts of the cool crowd he portrays (TLS)

Hard as it is to write about youth when you're young, Chabon has done it brilliantly (Cosmopolitan)

Mingles wit, sex and fine writing (Sunday Telegraph)

His control over his story, the wonderful use he makes of each description, of Pittsburgh itself, are often astonishing...a young writer with a tremendous skill (New York Times Book Review)

Book Description:

Michael Chabon's acclaimed coming of age tale, one of the most high-profile debuts of the 80s

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 006168757X
• ISBN 13: 9780061687570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 297