As a general rule, I don’t review most mainstream fiction here. Mainly because I don’t read a lot of mainstream fiction. Stories about dysfunctional families working to break up or overcome their particular dysfunctions don’t interest me a great deal. But I do make exceptions for writers I enjoy and that’s why I read Michael Chabon’s latest Telegraph Avenue. I love Michael Chabon’s work as he has a way with word choices that make his work feel exciting and fresh even when he’s retelling a ages-old story. But I had trouble with this book. The subject matter didn’t interest me a great deal, even though it was well told. So, let’s check it out.
Category Archives: Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon comic inspired short story
In the latest issue of the New Yorker (available to subscribers only), Michael Chabon has a new short story:
Citizen Conn:
Short story about the attempts of a female rabbi at an assisted-living facility to reconcile two estranged comic-book artists
Jon Favreau and Michael Chabon
This must be Michael Chabon weekend, not only is he working on an HBO series, he’s also working on a Disney movie with Jon Favreau:
Michael Chabon has been tapped to write Magic Kingdom, Disney’s family adventure project that is being directed by Jon Favreau.
Darren Aronofsky and Michael Chabon…
Really that’s all I need to say. But I’ll mention more from Variety:
Darren Aronofsky is on board to direct “Hobgoblin,” HBO’s upcoming drama pilot in development.
Pilot, to be written by Michael Chabon and his wife, Ayelet Waldman, is about a group of con men and magicians who use their skills of deception to help defeat Hitler and the Germans during WWII.
It kinda sounds like Bitter Seeds
New Michael Chabon HBO project
Michael Chabon and his wife, Ayelet Waidman, are working on a show for HBO:
HBO is developing a drama series about a group of con men and magicians who battle Hitler and the Nazis during WWII. They use their powers of deception to outwit the Third Reich, you see.
It almost sounds like what Jonathan Strange
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
There’s a tendency in recent years for highly regarded mainstream writers to dabble in genre fiction. Writers such as Ian McEwan with Solar (my review) are writing science fiction books, but I have trouble enjoying them because it’s not clear that they enjoy the genre. Michael Chabon, on the other hand, started out as a mainstream writer (Mysteries of Pittsburgh
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
The Final Solution
