The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel
by Michael Chabon
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Author: Michael ChabonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN: 006168757X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Not What I Expected
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked this up from the bargin sale table in the bookstore; I'm certainly glad I didn't pay full price. I never read any of Chabon's work, but this was a much-heralded first novel from a Pulitzer winner so I thought it would be a good read. Best thing I can say is the book is short & a quick read, so I don't regret the colossal waste of my time it was. Maybe it was the sloppy details (BMW doesn't make 1500cc motorcycles or have kick starters) but when one of the main characters is riding a motorcycle you should get stuff like that correct. I live in Pittsburgh and his descriptions of college life doesn't ring true at all; the protagonist spends alot of time crying and throwing up; most of the characters are poorly done and unsympathetic; the story is disjointed and jumps around haphazardly and this reader found them boring and didn't care what happened to them...Arthur Lecomte was this supposedly talented witty charmer but Chabon presents absolutely no evidence of it in Arthur's dialogue or actions. The bisexual main character (also named Arthur) decides at the end of the summer he loves men more than women. Who cares? The most interesting thing in the paperback version of the book is the approximately 8 page afterward where Chabon talks about what he went thru when writing it in the mid-80s.
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