Author: CHABON, MICHAEL
Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay a Novel
Description: Toronto: Random House, 2000. Fifteenth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679450041. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Decorative stamp by previous owner (doesn't distract) on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.6 X 6.8 X 1.5 inches; 639 pages; "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 across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0679450041 comic books WWII FICTION


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