Ever since I was a little kid, reading has always been one of my favorite activities. When I was working up in Alaska last summer I brought up five books to read with me. I enjoyed all of them, but one novel ended up being one of the best I have ever read. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, written by Michael Chabon, is the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about two cousins that start up a comic book in the early 1930's. Their comic book ends up gradually rising in the ranks of popularity at that time, rivaling such giants as Superman. The reason why this book is such a success is due to the amount of life that Chabon breathes into the novel. Its themes manage to stay relevant to the time its written in but their relevancy bleeds through into modern life today--it deals with such themes as racism, homosexuality and struggling to survive against a world that is doing everything to bring you down. The characters in this novel are so richly wrought that by the end of the novel I felt I had an emotional connection with them. I do not want to give too much away because I went in reading this novel with no real idea of what was going on, but once I started it, I had finished this 639 page novel within a week and a half.
The scope of the world that Chabon creates grabs you and does not let go until the amazing ending. Grab your Kindle or grab your credit card and go out and purchase this book immediately! I promise you will fall in love from the get go.