false 3280474 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg New York Times bestseller.]]> 16697 16 243634 1988 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel (P.S.) total:6407|5:1172|4:2380|3:2131|2:607|1:117| 6407 23104 8084 710 2715 3.86 70798 9804 14588398 20610 485803 0060972122 9780060972127 55 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175147116m/485803.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175147116s/485803.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485803.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh 3.61 383 New York Times bestseller.]]> 1988 5 5 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...]]> 51984975 803353 3320845 006168757X 9780061687570 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255584180m/3320845.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255584180s/3320845.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3320845.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh 3.48 111 New York Times bestseller.]]> 1988 3 3 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...]]> 17433940 763514 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 5766 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 2 3 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...]]> 14697716 117377 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 5 2 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...]]> 14507917 123494 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 3 3 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...]]> 9019049 616482 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 5 3 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...]]> 8224852 575042 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 5 3 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...]]> 102004 12045 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 5 2 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...]]> 5430780 330294 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 11:23:36 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:05:58 -0800 2009 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...]]> 49220604 334075 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 3 1 false Fri Mar 13 23:16:24 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 23:16:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4970196 205140 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 1 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...]]> 51395198 310055 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 0 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...]]> 46536105 1983974 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 2 0 false Mon Feb 16 11:58:53 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 13:20:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 43711464 895199 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 0 false Tue Jan 20 11:42:21 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:54:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42574368 742530 485803 0060972122 9780060972127 55 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175147116m/485803.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175147116s/485803.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485803.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh 3.61 6407 New York Times bestseller.]]> 1988 3 0 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...]]> 41990237 1790923 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 0 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...]]> 81218432 1758594 676747 0688076327 9780688076320 12 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/676747.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh 3.66 68 New York Times bestseller.]]> 1988 2 1 false Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 13:34:55 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 13:35:58 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 74216488 1213541 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 4 0 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...]]> 63277020 676382 16697 0060790598 9780060790592 609 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675m/16697.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740675s/16697.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16697.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh_A_Novel 3.61 6407 By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> 1988 2 0 false Mon Jul 13 08:51:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:51:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37974914 791022 3320845 006168757X 9780061687570 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255584180m/3320845.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255584180s/3320845.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3320845.The_Mysteries_of_Pittsburgh 3.61 6407 New York Times bestseller.]]> 1988 5 0 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3280474