The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Pulitzer Prize?winning author?s ?astonishing? debut novel, about a son?s struggle to find his own identity and integrity (The New York Times). Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Moonglow, and The Yiddish Policeman?s Union, is one of the most acclaimed talents in contemporary fiction. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, published when Chabon was just twenty-five, is the beautifully crafted debut that propelled him into the literary stratosphere. ? Art Bechstein may be too young to know what he wants to do with his life, but he knows what he doesn?t want: the life of his father, a man who laundered money for the mob. He spends the summer after graduation finding his own way, experimenting with a group of brilliant and seductive new friends: erudite Arthur Lecomte, who opens up new horizons for Art; mercurial Phlox, who confounds him at every turn; and Cleveland, a poetry-reciting biker who pulls him inevitably back into his father?s mobbed-up world. ? A New York Times bestseller, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh was called ?astonishing? by Alice McDermott, and heralded the arrival of one of our era?s great voices. ? This ebook features a biography of the author.