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Wonder Boys (Paperback)

by Michael Chabon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd; New edition edition (28 Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857024052
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857024050
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 125,790 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A wonderfully teasing comic novel . . . Chabon juggles all these preoccupations with a quirky deftness he employs in his first novel.'


Sunday Times

'Wonder Boys is a superb creation, a raucously comic yet deeply lyrical work. Chabon has evolved into a seriously funny writer, a master of the comic set-up.'
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a lush loll among louche lushes, 12 Feb 2004
What I loved about Wonder Boys is its droll expansiveness, the way our narrator manages to be hilariously self-deprecating, while Chabon himself uses extended metaphor and Homeric simile (and that`s as rare as hens` teeth in the modern novel) with extravagant relish. Just as certain actors look like they`re thoroughly enjoying themselves (Nicholson, for example), Chabon reads like he`s having a great time. All this in a novel about a man who`s trying hard (not) to finish a novel - called Wonder Boys!
This is in certain ways quite an old-fashioned novel, like a contemporary version of the 19th century picaresque tale. Oh, and it made me laugh out loud.
Pretty damn wonderful.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Will disappoint fans of 'Kavalier & Clay', 22 May 2008
The story goes that Chabon composed Wonder Boys in a few weeks, after getting stuck on a 1,000 page tome. Turning his predicament around, he decided to write about being bogged down with an unfinishable 1,000 page manuscript.

I never understood why writers think writing itself, or their misdemeanours when they can't engage in it, should be of such great interest to the public. But this aside, one can't expect a work produced in a few weeks to live up to one that was matured over years; so fans of Kavalier & Clay are likely to be disappointed by Wonder Boys. The WWII, comic-book-inspired epic was a rich and deeply-felt adventure tale, but this is mostly about parties and the hangovers that follow them, and it takes the reader no further than a few miles outside the university campus. Even Chabon's normally lush, elliptical, but evocative style is only ironic in this earlier novel. And it contains minor inconsistencies. Of course, Chabon is never boring, and he doesn't fail to amuse with anecdotes and nice character portraits. But this book seemed to me atypical and unworthy of his awesome imagination.
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10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great! Dark and Rich Humour, 15 Jul 2001
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Michael Chanbons prose is delightful. Jam packed with detail and wit, this is the perfect book for someone who enjoys good wholesome humour. Particular incidents with the snake are very amusing. The book sometimes is a bit hard going and requires complete concentration, but with perseverance this is an excellent book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mid-life crisis and writers block make a fertile ground for drama here
A fine amalgam of several American themes into one, Wonder Boys successfully combines elements of the campus novel with those of writer's block and family get-togethers for... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Annabel Gaskell

4.0 out of 5 stars "Why did you keep writing this book if you didn't even know what it was about?"
In this farcical send-up of academia and the writing life, author Michael Chabon focuses on forty-ish author Grady Tripp, an aptly named writer/professor who is so often stoned... Read more
Published on 21 April 2007 by Mary Whipple

5.0 out of 5 stars Seen the film? - read the book
The story ostensibly centres on Prof Grady Tripp's attempts at completing his increasingly out of control follow up novel of the title, Wonder Boys; yet as is not surprising with... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2006 by Benjamin

4.0 out of 5 stars Strongly recommended
First I watched the movie, then I read the book. Dont miss it..Great novel..
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