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Grady Tripp is a pot-smoking middle aged novelist who has stalled on a 2611 page opus titled Wonder Boys . His student James Leer is a troubled young writer obsessed by Hollywood suicides and at work on his own first novel. Grady's bizarre editor Terry Crabtree and another student, Hannah... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Grady Tripp: The protagonist; A pot-smoking, middle-aged, creative writing professor and novelist, who has stalled on a 2,611-page opus titled "Wonder Boys."
- James Selwyn Leer: Grady's student, a troubled young writer obsessed by Hollywood suicides and at work on his own first novel.
- Terry Crabtree: Grady's friend and editor.
- Hannah Green: A student of Grady's.
- Sarah Gaskell: Grady's lover and the Chancellor for the university where he teaches.
- Walter Gaskell: Husband to Sarah. Grady's boss who is obsessed with Joe DiMaggio.
- Antonia Slovak: A transsexual of male gender living as a woman who Terry picks up at the airport.
- Emily Warshaw: Grady's wife who leaves him around the opening of the novel.
- Fred Leer: Add a description of this character.
- Stanley Feld
- Joe DiMaggio
- Bill Faulkner
- Curtis Wonder
- Vernon Hardapple
- David Glucksbringer
- Amanda Leer
- Marie Warshaw
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mrs. Knopflmacher
- Frances Farmer
- Miss Antonia Sloviak
- Sam Warshaw
- Carl Franklin
- Doctor Dee
- Philly Warshaw
- Errol Flynn
- Irene Warshaw
- Albert Vetch
- Irving Warshaw
- Herman Bing
- John Eager
- Dr. Greenhut
- Frank Capra
- Clement
- Deborah Warshaw
- Joe Fahey
- Happy Blackmore
- Sara Gaskell
- Jeff
- Carrie McWhirty
- George Sanders
- Mr. Grossman
- Valerie Sweet
- Sam Traxler
- Pea Walker
- Pupcik
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First Sentence edit
THE first real writer I ever knew was a man who did all of his work under the name of August Van Zorn.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Chabon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Villard Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0679415882
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Villard Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0679415882
Page Count: 368
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Wonder Boys (IMDb): 2000
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