I came to this author from a critique of Haruki Murakamis After Dark, where Chabon had been presented as some modern day Steinbeck or Kerouack. I don't really know about that, one some pages yeah, but on other pages he's more like an American Ingvar Ambjørnsen, but I immediately liked the book and allthough the «one summer in which many things happen»-plot isn't that gripping, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a page turner for me. Through his protagonist the author describes the different characters that surround him with such admiration and tenderness it felt like I had to keep reading the book just to get to hang out with these cool people. How could they be so beautiful? How could they be so tragic?

I don't know that I learned anything from this book, but I enjoyed its company a lot. This was the only Chabon-novel on the shelf in my library, and if I see another one I'll read that too. ( )

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel by Michael Chabon (2008)

This book makes me happy because it is not perfect, but it is good and it shows the promise of what's to come for Chabon as a writer. And that is enjoyable. ( )

Powerful imagery and crazy plot. Hope the movie works out. ( )

I don't have much to say about T.M.O.P. except that "it was okay." I didn't dislike it, but I didn't really connect with it. It didn't grab, challenge, molest, or seduce me. It was okay. ( )