The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

I listened to the unabridged audio version of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay—mostly in the car but sometimes at the gym. I haven't been going to the gym much lately, so it took a really long time to get through the book, which is 500 pages but feels longer. I liked it very much. I knew before I started it that it was about comic book creators, but I didn't realize what its underlying themes were. The largest of those themes is escape—Joseph Kavalier's escape from the Nazis, his escape from the gloom of the war and his family's death, his escape from Antarctica, and Sammy's escape from the lie he lives. And of course there is the comic book character they create: The Escapist, a figure inspired by Joe's training as a magician and escape artist in his native Prague.

See my full review: Review of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay