Spanning continents and eras, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, one of America’s finest writers, is a defining novel of modern America. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out vivid and surprising lives and careers. From the shared fears, dreams and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. He finds the ideal partner in his cousin, the aloof, artistically gifted Joe. In Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. With Hitler’s shadow falling across Europe, America relishes the Golden Age of comic books. In 1939, a young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives in New York City on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay.
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