Pros: A compelling cast of characters; fantastic illustrations peppered throughout Cons: Thick, archaic vocabulary often trips us up and breaks the pace of the plot
As a kid, Michael Chabon must have read books by Alexandre Dumas like other kids his age ate Twinkies--with one difference: the sugar buzz from The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo didn't dissolve in his bloodstream but fully ...
Pros: 19th-century-looking illustrations Cons: difficult to follow narrative
I was an early admirer of Michael Chabon's writings, beginning with his impressive first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, various New Yorker stories, and his comic second novel, Wonder Boys (which was made into a film I also liked ...
Pros: great use of language, inventive, interesting national commentary Cons: too many leaps in the storytelling, short on emotion and charm
Michael Chabon’s suspense novels combine a highly unlikely equation of mass-market appeal and literary aspirations, enough to win him the Pulitzer prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. His most recent book, ...
This rollicking saga by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is set 1,000 years ago along the ancient Silk R...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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