false <![CDATA[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg 16697 16 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, this band of colorful friends guides and thwarts Art in surprising ways as he confronts himself, his family, his sexuality, and the heartache of growing up. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. 243634 1988 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.) total:6274|5:1154|4:2330|3:2089|2:586|1:115| 6274 22644 7889 698 5 5 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 21:31:01 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 19:54:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:37:42 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 09:32:15 -0700 2009 In any event, I know that I liked this book, I'm just not sure how much I liked it or why I liked it. I mean, if a book holds your attention to the ...more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:54:08 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 17:30:31 -0700 2008 Werewolves in their Youth in the past few weeks. Thankfully, this is the last of his early works for me to read, since I don’t know how much more unpolished Chabon I can take. Mysteries is Chabon’s first published ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 05 22:54:35 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 21:59:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 04:50:54 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 19:50:52 -0800 2008
The story is filled to the max with sexual confusion, societal yearning and emotional tug of war between what the protagonist calls his beaut...more...]]> 5 3 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 14:08:10 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 14:12:53 -0800 2007 "Every woman is a volume of stories, a catalogue of movements, a spectacular array of images."

The other quotes I like are:

“There had been a time in high school, see, when I wrestled with the...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Oct 25 08:05:20 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 08:19:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 26 07:04:13 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 09:23:51 -0800 2007
While the writing leaves a little to be desired, and some of the scenes are over the top, most readers would p...more...]]> 4 2 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 11:23:36 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 11:42:58 -0700 2007 in Pittsburgh. I was visiting a girlfriend who was living there, and shortly after my arrival I was unceremoniously dumped.

Browsing the street of the unfamiliar town I was supposed to spend the next 3 days in, I stumbled upon this book. ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Mar 13 23:16:24 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 23:16:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 19:08:09 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 14:22:08 -0700 2007
A very good post-graduate summer novel that aspires to be The Great Gatsby if that novel were instead written by Philip Roth. Unlike The Great Gatsby, however, the Mysteries of Pittsburgh reac...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:11:26 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:16:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 16 11:58:53 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 13:20:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 11:42:21 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:54:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true true Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 10:35:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 11:06:04 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 05 12:46:11 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:48:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 18:32:23 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:41:04 -0700 2009
It's also poetry, but I didn't go so far as to put it on that shelf. Almos...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 13 08:51:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:51:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 17 14:04:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 12:30:03 -0800 2008 1
It's a genius story told by a Jewish mobster's son, Art Bechstein, about the sexually ambiguous sum...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:35:02 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 16:11:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16697