Gentlemen of the Road
by Michael Chabon
Ever since The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, I've wanted to read more Michael Chabon. I think this was a common phenomenon in the past decade. Chabon had already produced a number of critically acclaimed books, including Wonder Boys, but he became culturally relevant in one of the most unexpected ways possible, by writing about comic book creators. As a fan of comic books, I had to be immediately intrigued, but it was also immediately clear that Chabon was also simply an excellent writer. He's written a lot of books since Kavalier & Clay, and yet I haven't until now gotten back around to him. The good thing about books is that they stick around for a while. Gentlemen of the Road will be my first real test of whether or not I keep him around. (I think I will.)
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