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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Michael Chabon guest during cOlbert Book Club discussing Ernest Hemingway, January 21, 2014

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Gloria Stone
Jan 06, 2015 rated it did not like it
Couldn't do it. I tried reading Telegraph Ave and it about killed me. Read reviews of this book and thought I'd give Chabon another try. I saw him speak in Portland and totally enjoyed it. Came back to this book and just couldn't do it. He kills me. Way to much of everything including self indulgences. Life is just too short, book is going back to Powells. ...more
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