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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon
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Description for The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Paperback. The first novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Art Bechstein steps out of the library into the summer of his graduation year. Not yet ready for respectability, he falls in with the exotic, charming Arthur Lecomte, and ricochets between a homosexual relationship and an intense affair with a strange and beautiful girl called Phlox. Before long, the world of his new friends and the underworld of his father must collide, with consequences that Art cannot control.
Art Bechstein steps out of the library into the summer of his graduation year. Not yet ready for respectability, he falls in with the exotic, charming Arthur Lecomte, and ricochets between a homosexual relationship and an intense affair with a strange and beautiful girl called Phlox. Before long, the world of his new friends and the underworld of his father must collide, with consequences that Art cannot control.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340936269
SKU
V9780340936269
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About Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon grew up and went to university in Pittsburgh. Published when he was twenty-three, MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH was one of the most high-profile debuts of the eighties.
Reviews for The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
'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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more