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Written with wryness and intellectual depth, this is a collection of eleven wonderful stories about growing up and growing wise. In ′S Angel′, a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. ′Smoke′ takes us to a baseball catcher′s funeral, where one of the mourners - a has-been pitcher - confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book ,′The Lost World′, is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parents′ bitter divorce.
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Maps and Legends
Michael Chabon′s sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts - -a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically...
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Manhood for Amateurs
A shy manifesto; an impractical handbook; the true story of a fabulist; an entire life in parts and pieces: Manhood for Amateurs is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon. In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our most brilliant...
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Manhood for Amateurs
A shy manifesto; an impractical handbook; the true story of a fabulist; an entire life in parts and pieces: MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon. In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our most brilliant...
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