"The natural exuberance and extravagance of Chabon's writing is matched by dazzling wit."
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"Grady Tipp is an over-sexed, pot-bellied, pot-smoking, aging wunderkind of a novelist now teaching creative writing at a Pittsburgh college while working on his 2000page masterpiece, 'Wonder Boys'. When his rumbustious editor and friend Terry Crabtree arrives in town, a chaotic weekend follows, involving a tuba, a dead dog, Marilyn Monroe's ermine-lined jackets and a squashed boa constrictor."
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"Deliriously funny…Chabon's elegant style, perfectly realised characters and comic vision combine to make the most enjoyable novel of the year."
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"A wonderfully teasing comic novel."
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"The natural exuberance and extravagance of Chabon's writing is matched by dazzling wit."
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
"Grady Tipp is an over-sexed, pot-bellied, pot-smoking, aging wunderkind of a novelist now teaching creative writing at a Pittsburgh college while working on his 2000page masterpiece, 'Wonder Boys'. When his rumbustious editor and friend Terry Crabtree arrives in town, a chaotic weekend follows, involving a tuba, a dead dog, Marilyn Monroe's ermine-lined jackets and a squashed boa constrictor."
Q
"Deliriously funny…Chabon's elegant style, perfectly realised characters and comic vision combine to make the most enjoyable novel of the year."
ESQUIRE
"A wonderfully teasing comic novel."
INDEPENDENT
Imprint | Fourth Estate |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | September 2000 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
Authors | Michael Chabon |
Dimensions | 198 x 130 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 368 |
Edition | Reissue |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85702-405-0 |
Barcode | 9781857024050 |
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LSN | 1-85702-405-2 |