By Michael Chabon
Chabon’s sensational debut novel: the coming-of-age tale of artwork Bechstein, a contemporary graduate whose existence is eternally replaced by way of one sultry summer
Art Bechstein could be too younger to grasp what he desires to do together with his existence, yet he is familiar with what he doesn’t wish: the lifetime of his father, a guy who laundered funds for the mob. Bechstein spends the summer time after his commencement from a Pittsburgh collage trying to find his destiny and discovering his personal kind of difficulty with incredible and seductive new friends—erudite, unscrupulous Arthur Lecomte, mercurial Phlox, and Cleveland, a poetry-reciting biker.
Insightful and vigorous, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh superbly renders the tough edges of a blue-collar urban and the allure of its neighborhood characters.
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He may get into trouble. " CHAPTER XV. IN THE COILS 49 Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders Off they started through the jungle, trailing after the impetuous professor who was intent on capturing the iguana. The giant lizard's progress could be traced by the disturbance of the leaves and underbrush, and the professor was following as closely as possible. So fast did he go that Ned, Tom and Mr. Damon, following, lost sight of him several times, and Tom finally called: "Wait a minute. " "I'll have him in another minute," answered the professor.