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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

By: Michael Chabon
Narrated by: David Colacci
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Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2001

It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book.

Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldly Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon has created a hero for the century.

©2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc. (P)2000 Michael Chabon Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Adventure Science Fiction Funny Heartfelt Witty Polar Region
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"Michael Chabon can write like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaborate webs of words that ensnare the reader with their beauty and their style." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
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Loved the book when I read it, this is a great audio book too - narration is spot on. An amazing adventure indeed.

great!

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Well fleshed out characters, great settings, setups and structuring of events. So much rich history here, geopolitical, cultural and socio-economic as well as comic book industry detail and sentiment.

for fans of comics and/or history and/or drama

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I loved it. Hugely immersive and you don't half invest in characters. Totally brilliant reading.

Brilliant

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I really enjoyed this novel and have been meaning to read it for many years. Its length initially was daunring bit Audible and the Kindle combo makes it a wonderful read.

A beautiful story which illuminates loss and love.

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Wonderful characters, place, ideas, themes, humour, emotion, beautiful, inspiring, good sets of lists, funny and sad and human.

Fantastic

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