The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Author: Michael Chabon
	Book Information Publisher: William Morrow Co Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 1 Rating: 5 ISBN-13: 9780688076320 - ISBN-10: 0688076327 Publication Date: 4/1988 Pages: 297 Book Reviews

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.