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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Michael Chabon; Michael Chabon |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Chabon |
ISBN: | 9780007289875 0007289871 9781932416893 1932416897 |
OCLC Number: | 1030127640 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Trickster in a suit of lights: thoughts on the modern short story -- Maps and legends -- Fan fictions: on Sherlock Holmes -- Ragnarok boy -- On daemons & dust -- Kids' stuff -- Killer hook: Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! -- Dark adventure: on Cormac McCarthy's The road -- The Other James -- Landsman of the lost -- Thoughts on the death of Will Eisner -- My back pages -- Diving into the wreck -- Recipe for life -- Imaginary homelands -- Golems I have known, or, Why my elder son's middle name is Napoleon. |
Responsibility: | Michael Chabon. |
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Praise for Michael Chabon: 'Poignant, affecting, witty, wrenching, a terrific writer.' Washington Post 'The natural exuberance and extravagance of Chabon's writing is matched by dazzling wit.' Sunday Telegraph 'His talent is undisputable. Chabon's novels are warm, witty, a little whimsical, always beautifully written. He is that rare and precious beast: a literary writer with crossover appeal...'GQ 'Chabon is a language magician, turning everything into something else just for the delight of playing tricks with words...Chabon's ornate prose makes (Raymond) Chandler's fruity observations of the world look quite plain...He writes like a dream' Guardian 'He is the most wonderful vaudeville performer.' Philip Hensher, in the Spectator 'Books of the Year' Read more...

