The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

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In Michael Chabon's unusual novel, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," Art Bechstein has just finished college and is looking forward to a summer of freedom and play. He has left an unsuccessful relationship and finds himself free in his college town of Pittsburgh with an insignificant part-time job at a local bookstore and a new group of friends. His father belongs to the Mafia and, although Art tries to have a relationship...

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Michael Chabon Biographies (2)

Michael Chabon

3,605 words, approx. 13 pages

With just three novels and two short story collections to his name, Michael Chabon has become one of the preeminent literary authors of his generation. Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his novel... Read more

Michael Chabon

7,425 words, approx. 25 pages

Few contemporary American fiction writers begin their literary careers with such public notoriety as Michael Chabon gained with his best-selling first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), which ... Read more