The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This book creeped up on me. It started slow and I kept dropping it to read something else. Then it gradually became mind-blowingly terrific. Chabon uses language in a way that is approachable, witty and literate. It's rare to find a book that is both fun and as full of imagery and symbolism as Kavalier and Clay. The 630 pages are filled with Chabon's unique voice on reality, escapism, narrative, imagination and family.

Of course, my typical Chabon comments still stand – after reading a Chabon novel, I always feel as if it was written just for me to address things uniquely about my life. And I feel like Chabon is one of my closest friends, whom I know better than anyone else in the world. The universal popularity of Kavalier and Clay should disabuse me of these notions, but this is truly Chabon's unique gift.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is an unparalleled work.

Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - I finally got around to reading this 2001 Pulitzer prize winning book. Great book. My only issue is the ending. I was a bit irritated by how badly things were going around 2/3 of the way through. And then how nicely things were wrapped up at the end. But I loved Chabon's writing and will definitely pick up more books by him.

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