The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier x{0026} Clay

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A reissue of Michael Chabon's brilliant, exhilarating, Pulitzer Prize-winning American epic, available for the first time in Random House trade paperback.

With dazzling prose and a page-turning plot, Chabon draws us into the world of 1939 New York City, where cousins Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay are looking to make big money in America's latest novelty: comic books. While Hitler's shadow falls across Europe and the world, Joe and Sammy weave the legend of the Escapist, a hero and champion for an America on the verge of war. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier x{0026} Clay is a stunning novel that spans continents and eras, filled with unforgettable characters and enchanting writing, a masterwork for readers new and old to discover and fall in love with all over again.

MICHAEL CHABON is the bestselling author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier x{0026} Clay, Werewolves in Their Youth, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Wonder Boys, and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. In 2000 Wonder Boys was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Michael Douglas. Kavalier x{0026} Clay won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Chabon was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbia, Maryland. He now lives in California with his wife and children.

The depth of Chabon's thought, his sharp language, his inventiveness and his ambition make this a novel of towering achievement. The New York Times Book Review

It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read. The Washington Post Book World

Towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book the themes are masterfully explored, leaving the book's sense of humor intact and characters so highly developed they could walk off the page. Newsweek