The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE â€¢Â NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢Â The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New Yorkâ€™s Golden Age of comics, now with special bonus material by the authorâ€”soon to be a Showtime limited series
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â€œIt's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossalâ€”smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.â€â€”The Washington Post Book World
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Named one of the 10 Best Books of the Decade byÂ Entertainment WeeklyÂ â€¢ Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, andÂ Los Angeles TimesÂ Book Prize

A â€œtowering, swash-buckling thrill of a bookâ€ (Newsweek), hailed as Chabonâ€™s â€œmagnum opusâ€ (The New York Review of Books),Â The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayÂ is a triumph of originality, imagination, and storytelling, an exuberant, irresistible novel that begins in New York City in 1939.
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A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink.
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Spanning continents and eras, this superb book by one of Americaâ€™s finest writers remains one of the defining novels of our modern American age.
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Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award and the New York Society Library Book Award

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812983586
Model	9780812983586
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-06-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812983586

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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