A Model World And Other Stories Author: Michael Chabon
	Book Information Publisher: Perennial Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 3 Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 9780060790608 - ISBN-10: 0060790601 Publication Date: 8/1/2005 Pages: 207

From the wondrously talented author of The mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys comes a magnificent collection of ironic, understated tales that confirm his reputation as "the young star of American letters." -- Washington Post Book World. Here are eleven superb stories about growing up and growing wise -- stories in which people attempt to create and inhabit their own model worlds, only to watch them collapse in the face of the real world.