The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988) is the debut novel of Michael Chabon, which he submitted as his MFA thesis at the University of California, Irvine. It became a bestseller and was adapted as a 2009 film. In the summer after college, Art Bechstein, son of a gangster, drifts through early-1980s Pittsburgh with a reckless crowd, including the magnetic Arthur Lecomte and the sharp, funny Phlox, as he wrestles with love, sexuality and his father's dangerous shadow.
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- John Green: “Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh made me want to be a writer... The Mysteries of Pittsburgh was the first book I read where I thought, "That's it. When I grow up, I want to write that kind of book."”