Telegraph AvenueTelegraph Avenue
When ex-NFL quarterback Gibson Goode, the fifth richest black man in America, decides to open his newest Dogpile megastore on Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy, the owners of Brokeland Records, fear for their business until Gibson's endeavor exposes a decades-old secret history. Reprint.
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback&;a big-hearted, exhilarating novel exploring the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland families.
&;An immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist.&;
&;Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported readers to wonderful places: to New York City during the Golden Age of comic books (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay); to an imaginary Jewish homeland in Sitka, Alaska (The Yiddish Policemen&;s Union); to discover The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Now he takes us to Telegraph Avenue in a big-hearted and exhilarating novel that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. In Telegraph Avenue, Chabon lovingly creates a world grounded in pop culture&;Kung Fu, &;70s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music&;and delivers a bravura epic of friendship, race, and secret histories.
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- New York : Harper, 2012/09/11
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