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By the New York Timesâbestselling author of Moonglow: âWhen you read these stories, it may strike you how seldom you come across really beautiful writingâ (USA Today). Cherished by readers and critics alike for such extraordinary novels as The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026 Clay, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon is at the height of his considerable powers in this striking and bittersweet collection of short stories. Â An anxious young misfit does nothing to protect his best friend from the scorn of their teachers and classmates. A kleptomaniac real estate agent leads an unhappy couple on a disastrous house tour. A heartbroken grifter finds his ex-girlfriendâs grandmother to be an easy markâand an unexpected source of redemption. Throughout these stories, Chabonâs characters, suffused with yearning but crippled by broken love, often find themselves at a crossroadsâand faced with sudden insight. Â Michael Chabon is âUpdike without the condescension,â wrote James Hynes in the Washington Post Book World, âCheever without the self-pity, a young American Nabokov who writes with a rueful joie de vivre.â In this darkly funny, achingly delicate collection, he renders the compromises of adulthood and the vivid fantasies of childhood with clarity and warmth. This ebook features a biography of the author. |
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