Andy's review
Wonder Boys
by Michael Chabon
Andy's review
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Andy's review
rating:
recommended for: Anyone who has taste
I learned that being a pot smoking, washed-up, hippie-like Professor in Pittsburgh isn't all it's cracked up to be.
I also learned that it's one of the things I aspire to be most, although maybe not in Pittsburgh. But somewhere.
Read it, you won't be disappointed. Chabon does an incredible job telling the story of the above described Grady Tripp...especially for an author who's been so consisently good in the past. Upon further reading, it's apparently about an old Professor that Chabon had in undergrad at Pitt.
Tripp's bisexual editor/friend/drunk/eccentric/awesome guy Terry Crabtree is in this guy's Hall of Fame for Best Supporting Character in any novel. Absolutely hilarious. The character of James Leer, a gifted but troubled student is also well-developed and intriguing, especially since all of us knew someone like him in college.
Overall, it was one of the best books I read in 2006, which means it was "Wonder Boys" edging out (very closely) the "Lef...more
I also learned that it's one of the things I aspire to be most, although maybe not in Pittsburgh. But somewhere.
Read it, you won't be disappointed. Chabon does an incredible job telling the story of the above described Grady Tripp...especially for an author who's been so consisently good in the past. Upon further reading, it's apparently about an old Professor that Chabon had in undergrad at Pitt.
Tripp's bisexual editor/friend/drunk/eccentric/awesome guy Terry Crabtree is in this guy's Hall of Fame for Best Supporting Character in any novel. Absolutely hilarious. The character of James Leer, a gifted but troubled student is also well-developed and intriguing, especially since all of us knew someone like him in college.
Overall, it was one of the best books I read in 2006, which means it was "Wonder Boys" edging out (very closely) the "Lef...more
