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Telegraph Avenue: A Novel Reprint edition
Michael Chabon
Telegraph Avenue: A Novel Reprint edition
Michael Chabon
?An immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist.?
?Michiko Kakutani, New York Times 
New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported readers to wonderful places: to New York City during the Golden Age of comic books (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay); to an imaginary Jewish homeland in Sitka, Alaska (The Yiddish Policemen?s Union); to discover The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Now he takes us to Telegraph Avenue in a big-hearted and exhilarating novel that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. In Telegraph Avenue, Chabon lovingly creates a world grounded in pop culture?Kung Fu, ?70s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music?and delivers a bravura epic of friendship, race, and secret histories.
496 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) | 
| Released | September 10, 2013 | 
| ISBN13 | 9780061493355 | 
| Publishers | HarperCollins | 
| Pages | 496 | 
| Dimensions | 140 × 210 × 35 mm · 453 g | 
| Language | English | 
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