A collection of short stories where the humour runs dark and the slipstream bubbles up.
...imagine if Raymond Carver called up George Saunders and Joe Lansdale, and they all went drinking with Neil Gaiman.
“… it's clear that Terlson is way ahead of the curve in terms of crafting an engaging premise that reaches for elevated territory and reinvents enduring archetypes of action and suspense.” J. Schoenfelder
"Sometimes brutal, often demanding and always complex, this novel will repay the reader who likes their assumptions challenged and is happy to walk away from a book with minor questions unanswered but the big ones definitely dealt with! It’s likely to satisfy those who enjoy Hammet and/or Philip K Dick and who like their fiction very noir indeed." Kay Sexton
"I love a novel that you can't put down, and this is one of them." L. Cihlar
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 11:47PM 
I am reading it.
Is it good?
No, not yet.
Will it get good... hard to say.
So what is good?
This:
Very very good.
Reader Comments (2)
Yeah, I know what you mean. I finished the book, but it was a disappointment after the spectacular Adventures of Kavalier & Klay (which if you haven't read, you really should!). I think Chabon is one of those writers who is brilliant with words - but not always with plot. Dare I say that I put Jonathan Franzen in the same category? Anyway, I keep hoping Kavalier & Klay wasn't the exception in Chabon's 'oeuvre'. (Can't believe I just said 'oeuvre'!!!)
I think you did say oeuvre! Ha!
Chabon can get a bit too damn wordy - I have read Kavalier and Klay, and it was brilliant (even with a sagging middle).
Franzen's latest simply blew me away.