The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Author: Michael Chabon
Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon’s breakthrough coming-of-age novel chronicles the last summer of Art Bechstein’s youth. Art meets the witty and beautiful Arthur Lecomte, who then introduces Art to the equally stunning Jane, her boyfriend, the legendary Cleveland, and worldly, exotic, and slightly eccentric Phlox. In the course of one summer….Read More
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