Michael Chabon was born on May 24, 1963. Chabon writes novels and short stories. Chabon was just 25 when he published The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Twelve years later he was to receive the Pulitzer Prize for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which many believe is his best work. Michael Chabon is credited as contributing to the writing of the film Spiderman 2.
Book Review:Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayOne night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay`s cramped New York bedroom, his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved. Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. Together, they create a comic-strip called The Escapist. its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberated the oppressed around the world. The Escapist makes their fortune, but Joe can think of only one thing: how can he effect a real-life escape, and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler?
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Book Review:Michael Chabon - The Yiddish Policemen's Union AAfter the failed Israeli state in 1948 refugees settles into a remote corner of Alaska called Sitka. There they lived for sixty years uninterrupted. But now the area is coming under Alaskan rule and times are changing. Homicide detective Meyer Landsman`s life is a mess. When he tries to solve a murder in his neighbourhood, he finds that the case is dropped from above him. He wants to know why. And this finding out is more than he expected.
Book Review:Michael Chabon - The Yiddish Policemen's Union BAfter the failed Israeli state in 1948 refugees settles into a remote corner of Alaska called Sitka. There they lived for sixty years uninterrupted. But now the area is coming under Alaskan rule and times are changing. Homicide detective Meyer Landsman`s life is a mess.When he tries to solve a murder in his neighbourhood, he finds that the case is dropped from above him. He wants to know why. And this finding out is more than he expected.
