The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ? NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York?s Golden Age of comics, now with special bonus material by the author?soon to be a Showtime limited series ?It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal?smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.??The Washington Post Book World Named one of the 10 Best Books of the Decade by Entertainment Weekly ? Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA ?towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book? (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon?s ?magnum opus? (The New York Review of Books), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a triumph of originality, imagination, and storytelling, an exuberant, irresistible novel that begins in New York City in 1939. A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls
