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MICHAEL CHABON
The AMAZING ADVENTURES of KAVALIER & CLAY
A NOVEL
Harper Perennial
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First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2000. First published in paperback by Fourth Estate in 2001 (reprinted 9 times). Published by Harper Perennial in paperback in 2005 (reprinted 14 times).
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY.
Copyright © Michael Chabon 2000.
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To my father
We have this history of impossible solutions
for insoluble problems.
—WILL EISNER, in conversation
Wonderful escape!
—NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, “Wakefield”
CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
PART I THE ESCAPE ARTIST
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PART II A COUPLE OF BOY GENIUSES
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PART III THE FUNNY-BOOK WAR
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PART IV THE GOLDEN AGE
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PART V RADIOMAN
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PART VI THE LEAGUE OF THE GOLDEN KEY
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