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In 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother’s home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful painkillers, memory stirred by the imminence of death, Chabon’s grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never heard before, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten.
Moonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as “my grandfather.” It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact—and the creative power—of keeping secrets and telling lies.
A lie that tells the truth, a work of fictional nonfiction, an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a memoir, Moonglow is Michael Chabon at his most moving and inventive.
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Book Description Condition: New. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Book of the Year * An NPR Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year * A Slate Book of the Year 'Probably Chabon's greatest, a piece of sustained writing that will be hard to see outdone in 2017' The Times Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 710. Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780007548910
Book Description Condition: New. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Book of the Year * An NPR Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year * A Slate Book of the Year 'Probably Chabon's greatest, a piece of sustained writing that will be hard to see outdone in 2017' The Times Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 710. Seller Inventory # 9780007548910
Book Description Condition: new. Glasgow, 2017; hardback, cm 16x24. An epic new novel from the award-winning author of }The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay{ and }Wonderboys{, which was adapted into an acclaimed film. Based on the author's own experiences with his dying grandfather, it's an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a memoir. Seller Inventory # 3208913
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 448 pages. 9.53x6.57x1.57 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk0007548915