The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh

Like most stellar! first novels, this one has that autobiographic vibe that perhaps the writer's future novels will only barely, bravely hint at. This one is a coming out story, basically. The protagonist is gay, bi, experimenting. There are overly-masculine (gay) symbols throughout which obviously......more

Michael Chabon looking remarkably like how I envisioned his protagonist looking in The Mysteries of Pittsburg. “When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin, noticed a shade of yellow, even simply s......more

So, I loved this book, and kind of wanted it to be my life, the way certain people I could name but won't feel about The Sun Also Rises. I was about fifty pages in, tops, before I found myself casting the movie in my head. (I deliberately avoided looking at the cast list until after I finished readi......more

I, like tons of other goodreaders, wish we didn't have to give a book an entire star so really I rate this at a three and a half more than a four. In any event, I know that I liked this book, I'm just not sure how much I liked it or why I liked it. I mean, if a book holds your attention to the point......more

Video review It's a book about well-off youths in the prime of their lives having aimless fun and abundant random sex. What's there not to hate? Recommended if summer is your favorite season, or you're interested in witnessing the budding of Chabon's flowery prose.......more