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In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams. By the author of Wonder Boys and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

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The Amazing Michael Chabon Pens a Novel That Goes Bif! Bam! Pow!
May 25, 2001

Pros: Comic book artists defeat Nazi villains in the year’s best book.

Cons: Adolf Hitler probably wouldn’t like it.

Bottom Line: From the author of Wonder Boys comes a truly wonderful literary experience—dazzling-bright prose that continues to thrill after the last page is turned.

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Michael Chabon Creates a Masterpiece
Aug 26, 2002

Pros: Characterization, setting, themes, all perfectly contained in this 600-page novel

Cons: Absolutely NONE.

Bottom Line: The best book I've read in a long time.

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Entrancing story about escape worth escaping into
Feb 03, 2004

Pros: A dazzling story told in beautiful prose and featuring a cast of memorable characters.

Cons: When there's a movie version, it almost certainly can't be as good.

Bottom Line: This delightful novel won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Anyone who reads it knows that it richly deserves the honor.

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Escapism with a Capital 'E'
May 16, 2001

Pros: Compelling and varied story that keeps you coming back for more

Cons: At over 600 pages, it's quite a commitment for most people

Bottom Line: A great mixture of historical fiction, adventure, disillusionment, and redemption. Plus, it won the Pulitzer Prize, so it can't be all that bad.

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Dead Men Waiting: “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay”
Jul 30, 2001

Pros: Complex, deftly-constructed parallel universes of real world despair and comic book fantasy. Catchy, creative, memorable.

Cons: Way too long and occasionally rambling. Editor? Is there an editor in the house?

Bottom Line: Passages of astounding cleverness and evocative writing, likeable and memorable characters. Also, too much of a good thing that bogs down by its sheer length. But stay with it.

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The Real Wonder Boys
Jul 18, 2004

Pros: Captures America in its infancy, a treat for even non-comic book fans (like me)

Cons: Overlong in moments

Bottom Line: An entertaining tour through the American Dream, with comic books acting as your most able of guides

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AMAZING IS THE WORD FOR IT
Mar 22, 2004

Pros: A fantastic book that takes you back in time.

Cons: None

Bottom Line: This book offers it all in spades. Comic fans will be thrilled. All others will be drawn in as well, thinking of their long lost collections.

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Comics as Literature, or Literature about Comics?
Jul 20, 2006

Pros: Elegant language, wonderful characterization, gripping story

Cons: A bit rambling at parts, and a somewhat abrupt ending

Bottom Line: Absolutely recommended, because it's outstanding in all ways.

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Only the comic is truly serious
Aug 23, 2007

Pros: Its lexigraphic verbosity.

Cons: The Golem. He creeps me out.

Bottom Line: Worth its weight in matzoh balls.

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Feb 10, 2005