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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
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it was amazing
bookshelves: fiction, favorites
Read 2 times. Last read June 22, 2021 to June 25, 2021.

Second only to Catcher in the Rye in my all-time favorite list of books. If you are a writer, if you've taken a creative writing class, if you've verged on totally and completely fucking up your life with sweet redemption held just at your fingertips, but which you chose to thumb your nose at for just a teensy bit longer....god, read this book. If you love prose, good prose, jubillant, wild, ecstatic indulgent prose, read Chabon. I just want to roll around in his words and bathe in it like a bubble bath and candlelight and a glass of champagne. I love this book, messy, huge, overwrought, comedic, tragic, careening towards a great big crash at the end -- I love it all. It's what I love about life, it's what I love about literature -- I like it big and messy and joyous. Did I mention I love this book? And Grady -- he's my second favorite literary character of all time -- second only to Holden Caulfield.
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
September 19, 2007 – Shelved
September 21, 2007 – Shelved as: fiction
June 23, 2020 – Shelved as: favorites
June 22, 2021 – Started Reading
June 25, 2021 – Finished Reading

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Paul Harton I like your review.You have certainly convinced me to read it


Robert Blanchett I love your descriptions of his prose. This was how I felt about the book. What surprises me is that you also rated The Catcher. I shall have to read your review of that to find out why.


Alejandro A great poetic, romantic review from the lady with the crazy flying hair.


Denise You nailed it :)


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Barry Galloway Perhaps my favorite book of all time


Yesmo I just finished this book and Catcher is also my favorite book of all time. As i read WB i felt some similiarities to Catcher in the Rye! Great review!


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Jonathan What a marvellous review Mandy ..come ..let's get coffee in a swish cafe and spend Sunday with book talk


Jennifer Moskal Wow you really really sold this. Buying it now


Andrew MacNeill It鈥檚 certainly in my top five now, and Grady is up there among my favorite characters along with Yossarian and Ignatius J Reilly.


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