jabb5076 
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Written by a woman?
Reply #561. Oct 08 12, 5:45 AM
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Upstart3
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Written by a man.
Reply #562. Oct 08 12, 7:17 AM
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jabb5076
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Would it be classified as serious fiction (as opposed to a genre like mystery, chick-lit, etc.?)
Reply #563. Oct 08 12, 9:19 AM
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Upstart3
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Serious fiction - Pulitzer and all that - although the story features some non-serious fiction.
Reply #564. Oct 08 12, 9:53 AM
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| retiredangel
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Is it sci/fiction?
Reply #565. Oct 08 12, 10:01 AM
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| retiredangel
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Sorry ...we must have be posting at the same time!
Is it a biography?
Reply #566. Oct 08 12, 10:06 AM
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jabb5076
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, by Michael Chabon. If it's him, good show---I love his writing.
Reply #567. Oct 08 12, 10:17 AM
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Upstart3
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You've got it - what a brilliant book. Can't recommend it highly enough.
I only heard of Chabon because I couldn't sleep and put the TV on at about 3am and he was being interviewed on the BBC. Lucky break.
Over to you.
Reply #568. Oct 08 12, 10:27 AM
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jabb5076
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I don't know about you, Upstart (man or woman?) but I grew up devouring comic books, not just the superhero ones, but everything from Tales from the Crypt to Archie. Learning a bit about how they all began was fun.
Ok--new book. This one is also a novel.
Reply #569. Oct 08 12, 10:53 AM
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kaddarsgirl
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Written by a woman?
Reply #570. Oct 08 12, 10:55 AM
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jabb5076
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Yes, a woman wrote it.
Reply #571. Oct 08 12, 11:14 AM
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| retiredangel
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Is she an American?
Reply #572. Oct 08 12, 11:58 AM
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| adams627
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No, why must I be gone when The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay comes up? ;) Reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union right now, and it's good but not nearly the same...
Was the novel written in the twentieth century or later?
Reply #573. Oct 08 12, 12:01 PM
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jabb5076
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She is an American, and the book was indeed written 20th century or later.
Reply #574. Oct 08 12, 12:18 PM
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jabb5076
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Adams--if you like baseball, read Summerland by Chabon. Technically YA, but not simplistic at all.
Reply #575. Oct 08 12, 12:21 PM
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paulmallon
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possibly by the wonderous Alice Hoffman?
Reply #576. Oct 08 12, 2:45 PM
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| adams627
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jabb--It was one of my favorite novels when I was younger actually--then when I got assigned Kavalier and Clay for class a few years ago, it was a shock to realize it was the same Michael Chabon :)
Is the novel set in the United States?
Reply #577. Oct 08 12, 3:21 PM
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jabb5076
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It's not Alice Hoffman, and yes, it's set entirely in the U.S.
Reply #578. Oct 08 12, 3:29 PM
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| retiredangel
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Was it her only novel?
Reply #579. Oct 08 12, 3:50 PM
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jabb5076
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Good question. It's her first novel.
Reply #580. Oct 08 12, 4:13 PM
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