The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Publisher Marketing: It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldy Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe. "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon, writing "like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaborate webs of words that ensnare the reader" (Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"), has created a hero for the century." Review Citations: BookPage 09/01/2001 pg. 13 (EAN 9780312282998, Paperback) New York Times 08/26/2001 pg. 24 (EAN 9780312282998, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2001 pg. 157 (EAN 9780312282998, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 03/26/2004 pg. 78 (EAN 9780312282998, Paperback) Library Journal 10/15/2012 pg. 46 (EAN 9781469216409, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 09/24/2012 (EAN 9781455882991, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Entertainment Weekly 08/03/2012 pg. 79 (EAN 9780812983586, Paperback) Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2000 pg. 88 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/2000 pg. 2074 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 08/21/2000 pg. 44 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Newsweek 09/04/2000 pg. 58 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2000 pg. 1214 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Time 09/25/2000 pg. 104 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) New York Times 09/24/2000 pg. 8 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 09/29/2000 pg. 123 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/15/2000 pg. 100 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Time 12/18/2000 pg. 93 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 66 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/22/2000 pg. 136 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2001 pg. 857 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/2001 pg. 53 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 04/23/2001 pg. 111 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 15 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 595 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/18/2000 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 159 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Vanity Fair 12/01/2007 pg. 146 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 79 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 92 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 11/25/2011 pg. 76 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 101 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 127 (EAN 9780679450047, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Chabon, Michael Michael Chabon is the author of Wonder Boys, which won universal critical acclaim and was made into a feature film starring Michael Douglas. Entertainment Weekly included his latest, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, on its list of the best books of 2000. Both are available from Brilliance Audio. He received his B. A. from The University of Pittsburgh and his M. F. A. from the University of California at Irvine. He lives with his wife and two children in California. Contributor Bio:  Colacci, David David Colacci has been an actor and a director for over thirty years, performing coast-to-coast in lead roles of plays by a variety of playwrights. He has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years. He has won AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included on Best of Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. He currently lives in New York with his wife and children.