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Michael chabon is preoccupied with fallibility and weakness and, in the broadest sense, infidelity our chronic failure to keep faith with each other and ourselves. The book went ahead to win many awards including the pulitzer prize in 2001. Plus, new novels by dennis lehane, tom wolfe, herman wouk, ian mcewan. I dont think i would be able to define a work of literature as great if. Archy stallings, and nat jaffe, the protagonists of chabons new novel. Michael chabon is the bestselling and pulitzer prizewinning author of the mysteries of pittsburgh, a model world, wonder boys, werewolves in their youth, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, the final solution, the yiddish policemens union, maps and legends, gentlemen of the road, and the middle grade book summerland. Sep 17, 2012 among other things, telegraph avenue could be one of the bravest novels in a long while. Telegraph avenue by michael chabon 2012, hardcover.
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