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Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon's breakthrough coming-of-age novel chronicles the last summer of Art Bechstein's youth. Art meets the witty and beautiful Arthur Lecomte, who then introduces Art to the equally stunning Jane, her boyfriend, the legendary Cleveland, and worldly, exotic, and slightly eccentric Phlox. In the course of one summer, this band of colorful friends guides and thwarts Art in surprising ways as he confronts himself, his family, his sexuality, and the heartache of growing up.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I only liked certain parts of this book, but for the most part, the characters didn't seem very real.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An interesting story about a young man spending a summer trying to discover himself, through relationships with men and women, in a Pittsburgh made strange with wonder. This was Chabon's first book, and that shows in the writing sometimes. This paperback edition includes an essay by him about writing it.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
All in all it's not a BAD read, but not one of my favorites. It starts off slow - doesn't honestly keep your attention until 30 pages in. The characters are flat at times, the story line seemed a bit too jumpy.
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