The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

<DIV><B>The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “astonishing” debut novel, about a son’s struggle to find his own identity and integrity (<I>The New York Times</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Michael Chabon, author of <I>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</I>,<I> Moonglow</I>, and <I>The Yiddish Policeman’s Union</I>, is one of the most acclaimed talents in contemporary fiction. <I>The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, </I>published when Chabon was just twenty-five, is the beautifully crafted debut that propelled him into the literary stratosphere.<BR />  <BR /> Art Bechstein may be too young to know what he wants to do with his life, but he knows what he doesn’t want: the life of his father, a man who laundered money for the mob. He spends the summer after graduation finding his own way, experimenting with a group of brilliant and seductive new friends: erudite Arthur Lecomte, who opens up new horizons for Art; mercurial Phlox, who confounds him at every turn; and Cleveland, a poetry-reciting biker who pulls him inevitably back into his father’s mobbed-up world.<BR />  <BR /> A <I>New York Times</I> bestseller, <I>The Mysteries of Pittsburgh</I> was called “astonishing” by Alice McDermott, and heralded the arrival of one of our era’s great voices.<BR />  <DIV><I>This ebook features a biography of the author.</I></DIV></DIV>