{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-pittsburgh","title":"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Chabon's writing is deft and delicate -- almost every page includes a delightful phrase or two. He mingles dialogue, the Pittsburgh cityscape, descriptions of the characters' activity and Art's thoughts and feelings to achieve that magical illusion good novels give -- that the reader is living the character's life with all its savors, jokes and pangs.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller that put Michael Chabon in the pantheon of great American novelists, beautifully repackaged as a deluxe edition with French flaps and deckle edge paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe enthralling debut from bestselling novelist Michael Chabon is a penetrating narrative of complex friendships, father-son conflicts, and the awakening of a young man's sexual identity. Chabon masterfully renders the funny, tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein, whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like \u003cem\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e's Holden Caulfield and \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e's Nick Carraway\u003cem\u003e. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh \u003c\/em\u003eincontrovertibly established Chabon as a powerful force in contemporary fiction, even before his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay \u003c\/em\u003eset the literary world spinning. An unforgettable story of coming of age in America, it is also an essential milestone in the movement of American fiction, from a novelist who has become one of the most important and enduring voices of this generation.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833310458061,"sku":"9780062072238","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_dab81e1f-64a2-4257-a0de-18846ffbbd70.jpg?v=1790817257","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-mysteries-of-pittsburgh","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}