Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
A spellbinding yarn set a thousand years ago along the ancient Silk Road, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Every page holds a twist, while the prose is rich, but perfect in its control, and its calibration between the poetic and the exotic. . readers might feel that they have reached the book equivalent of the Promised Land. * The Times *
It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book . . . It's like dipping into a leather-bound chronicle full of exciting legends and reminded me of the fathomless pleasure with which I used to read as a child. I was rapt. * Daily Telegraph *
From the opening sentence of this rip-roaring, swashbuckling yarn, you know you're in the hands of a master . . . That level of brio, invention and panache continues at breakneck pace throughout . . . smart, clever and stylish * Scotland on Sunday *
A rip-roaring ride of a novel * Independent on Sunday *
Intricate and exuberant . . . It's hard to resist its gathering momentum, not to mention the sheer headlong pleasure of Chabon's language. * New York Times Book Review *
a celebration of male friendship * Sunday Telegraph *
great fun * Sunday Times *
It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book . . . It's like dipping into a leather-bound chronicle full of exciting legends and reminded me of the fathomless pleasure with which I used to read as a child. I was rapt. * Daily Telegraph *
From the opening sentence of this rip-roaring, swashbuckling yarn, you know you're in the hands of a master . . . That level of brio, invention and panache continues at breakneck pace throughout . . . smart, clever and stylish * Scotland on Sunday *
A rip-roaring ride of a novel * Independent on Sunday *
Intricate and exuberant . . . It's hard to resist its gathering momentum, not to mention the sheer headlong pleasure of Chabon's language. * New York Times Book Review *
a celebration of male friendship * Sunday Telegraph *
great fun * Sunday Times *
Michael Chabon`s novels include THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH, Wonder Boys, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and his latest, The Yiddish Policemen`s Union, published by Fourth Estate. He is also the author of two collections of short stories, a young adult novel, and has written several screenplays. THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH is currently being made into a film starring Sienna Miller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340953556 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340953551 |
| Title | Gentlemen of the Road |
| Author | Michael Chabon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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