Art Bechstein steps out of the library into the summer of his graduation year. Not yet ready for respectability, he falls in with the exotic, charming Arthur Lecomte, and ricochets between a homosexual relationship and an intense affair with a strange and beautiful girl called Phlox. Before long, the world of his new friends and the underworld of his father must collide, with consequences that Art cannot control.

The first novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY

About the Author
Michael Chabon grew up and went to university in Pittsburgh. Published when he was twenty-three, MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH was one of the most high-profile debuts of the eighties.

Reviews
'A strikingly accomplished debut' * Sunday Times *
His style has an enviable suppleness and fluency which offers the perfect vehicle for the moral feints and shifts of the cool crowd he portrays * TLS *
Hard as it is to write about youth when you're young, Chabon has done it brilliantly * Cosmopolitan *
Mingles wit, sex and fine writing * Sunday Telegraph *
His control over his story, the wonderful use he makes of each description, of Pittsburgh itself, are often astonishing...a young writer with a tremendous skill * New York Times Book Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9780340936269
Author Michael Chabon
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Sceptre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm