The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age novel by Michael Chabon that follows a young man's transformative summer of love, identity, and self-discovery in Pittsburgh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age novel
novel
adaptation The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (film) NERFINISHED
author Michael Chabon NERFINISHED
awardNomination PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (finalist) NERFINISHED
character Arthur Bechstein NERFINISHED
Arthur Lecomte NERFINISHED
Cleveland Arning NERFINISHED
Phlox Lombardi NERFINISHED
containsMotif libraries and books
summer romance
urban exploration
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Fred Marcellino NERFINISHED
criticalReception generally positive
filmAdaptationDirector Rawson Marshall Thurber NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2008
follows The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Observations (in thematic influence) NERFINISHED
genre coming-of-age fiction
literary fiction
hasISBN 978-0-688-07709-3
hasLGBTTheme true
hasPageCount 297 (approximate, first edition)
hasProtagonistOccupation recent college graduate
hasStructure linear narrative
includedIn Michael Chabon bibliography NERFINISHED
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
mainCharacter Art Bechstein NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor being Michael Chabon’s debut novel
originalLanguage English
protagonistFamilyBackground son of a mob money launderer
publicationYear 1988
publisher William Morrow and Company NERFINISHED
setInRegion Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
settingLocation Pittsburgh NERFINISHED
takesPlaceAfter Art Bechstein’s college graduation
targetAudience adult readers
theme bisexuality
coming of age
family relationships
friendship
organized crime
self-discovery
sexual identity
timeSetting one summer

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Michael Barrett notableWork The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon notableWork The Mysteries of Pittsburgh