New York : Picador, c2000.
639 p. ; 21 cm.
Michael Chabon's novel won a 2001 Pulitzer Prize and I challenge a reader to not enjoy this wonderful tale. It's a gloriously written tale of the starting in the late 1930s and continuing into the 1950s and centers on the golden age of comic books in New York City, but also embraces the Holocaust, Harry Houdini, The Golem of Prague, Brooklyn, gay life, and of course love, friendship and family.
Though we have this book in the UHS library collection, I read it on my cell phone - accessing it through our library's eBook collection. It's not the first book that I've read on my phone, but it was great to be able to carry it around in my pocket while traveling during the summer.
Fortunately, The Amazing Adventures seems to be doing quite well. I looked for a copy at my local public libraries and all 6 copies were checked out. It's a great book and I will definitely recommend it to any student looking for a rewarding literary fiction read from a contemporary author - especially a reader who has an interest in world of comic book writing and publishing back when vast majorities of young Americans regularly read comic books.
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