The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
656 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0965007030
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Language: English
Publish: 946713600000
ComicsContemporaryFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionJewishLiterary FictionLiteratureNew YorkNovels
The novel follows the lives of the title characters, a Czech artist named Joe Kavalier and a Brooklyn-born writer named Sam Clay—both Jewish—before, during, and after World War II. Kavalier and Clay become major figures in the nascent comics industry during its “Golden Age.”