![]() ![]() The novel is largely Chabon’s ( Telegraph Avenue, 2012, etc.) effort to understand his grandfather’s wilder escapades. His grandmother was a tight-lipped Holocaust survivor with a fixation on tarot cards, while his grandfather was a World War II Army officer who’d also done time in prison. When “Michael Chabon,” the narrator of this novel, was growing up, his maternal grandparents were steeped in mystery and mythology. ![]() ![]() A faux memoir of the novelist’s grandfather, whose life as an engineer, veteran, and felon offers an entree into themes of heroism and imagination. ![]()
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