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Michael Chabon


Born
in Washington, District of Columbia, The United States
May 24, 1963

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Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Philip Roth, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Thomas Pynchon, R ...more


Michael Chabon (b. 1963) is an acclaimed and bestselling author whose works include the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000). Chabon achieved literary fame at age twenty-four with his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), which was a major critical and commercial success. He then published Wonder Boys (1995), another bestseller, which was made into a film starring Michael Douglas. One of America’s most distinctive voices, Chabon has been called “a magical prose stylist” by the New York Times Book Review, and is known for his lively writing, nostalgia for bygone modes of storytelling, and deep empathy for the human predicament.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 502,567 ratings · 42,914 reviews · 141 distinct works • Similar authors
The Amazing Adventures of K...
4.18 avg rating — 204,157 ratings — published 2000 — 139 editions
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
3.71 avg rating — 77,421 ratings — published 2007 — 115 editions
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Wonder Boys
3.93 avg rating — 36,198 ratings — published 1995 — 84 editions
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Moonglow
3.80 avg rating — 33,743 ratings — published 2016 — 70 editions
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
3.65 avg rating — 27,690 ratings — published 1988 — 85 editions
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Telegraph Avenue
3.39 avg rating — 21,377 ratings — published 2012 — 89 editions
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The Final Solution
3.35 avg rating — 18,776 ratings — published 2004 — 64 editions
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3.46 avg rating — 14,242 ratings — published 2007 — 55 editions
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Summerland
3.57 avg rating — 12,417 ratings — published 2002 — 74 editions
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Manhood for Amateurs
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“There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys
tags: life
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“Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon.”
― Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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“In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.”
― Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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JANUARY SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books move on to the run-off poll for January 2012 SF Book of the Month.

 
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  11 votes, 12.8%

 
  10 votes, 11.6%

 
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