The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, Fiction, 659 Pages.
We had a wonderful discussion of this book thanks to Washington University and our discussion leader, Peter Coogan. So much of what was going on in the book tied in to not just the history of the times (1940s onward), but also the history of comics as an artform and an industry. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Joseph Kavalier and Sammy Clay, two cousins, from the time they meet, when Joseph shows up after a long, emotionally draining trip, fleeing the Nazis, through their ideas for comic books, their rise in that business and how it all affects their lives. A very good book by a great author.
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