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Michael Chabon's sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts — a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Add a description of this character.
- Sherlock Holmes
- Cormac Mccarthy
- M. R. James
- Dr. John Watson
- Joseph Adler
- Howard Chaykin
- Will Eisner
- Philip Pullman
- Mrs. Coulter
- C. B. Colby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Judah ben Bezalel ben Loew
- Ben Katchor
- E. A. Poe
- Ayelet Waldman
- Raymond Chandler
- J. L. Borges
- Ray Philip Roth
- Will Parry
- Charles Doyle
- Parkins
- Lyra
- Italo Calvino
- Hawthorne
- Mrs. Adler
- Faulkner
- Lewis Hyde
- James Rouse
- Chuck Kinder
- Doc Savage
- Joseph Conrad
- John Collier
- Mr. Julius Knipl
- Roger Zelazny
- Jules Feiffer
- Thomas Pynchon
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Victor Fischer
- Milton
- Mr. Spector
- Philip José Farmer
- Steven Millhauser
- Gershom Scholem
- Uriel Weinreich
- Dr. Moriarty
- Jack
- Sigmund Freud
- Hammett
- Freya
- Janet Hadda
- Frank Miller
- Stanley Werbow
- Nabokov
- Bryan Waller
- Lord Asriel
- Beatrice Weinreich
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Odin
- Dr. Joseph Bell
- Ralph Musgrave
- Steve Gerber
- Loki
Setting & Locations edit
- Israel
- Columbia, Maryland
- London
- America
- Prague
- England
- Pittsburgh
- Jerusalem
- Harlem
- Europe
- Washington
First Sentence edit
ENTERTAINMENT HAS A bad name.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
Trickster in a Suit of Lights: Thoughts on the Modern Short Story
Maps and Legends
Fan Fictions: On Sherlock Holmes
Ragnarok Boy
On Daemons & Dust
Kids' Stuff
The Killer Hook: Howard Chaykin's "American Flagg!"
Dark Adventure: On Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
The Other James
Landsman of the Lost
Thoughts on the Death of Will Eisner
My Back Pages
Diving into the Wreck
The Recipe for Life
Imaginary Homelands
Golems I Have Known, or, Why My Elder Son's Middle Name is Napoleon
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Chabon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: McSWEENEY'S BOOKS
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1932416897
Page Count: 200
Publisher: McSWEENEY'S BOOKS
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1932416897
Page Count: 200
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 801.95
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