Telegraph Avenue : a novel / Michael Chabon.

Author/creator Chabon, Michael
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Harper, ©2012.
Description468 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Abstract In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. Here he creates a world grounded in pop culture: Kung Fu, 1970s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music, and an epic of friendship, race, and secret histories. Longtime band mates Archy and Nat preside over Brokeland Records, a used-record emporium. All is well until a former NFL quarterback, one of the country's richest African Americans, decides to build his latest Dogpile megastore on nearby Telegraph Avenue. Not only could this spell doom for the little shop and its cross-race, cross-class dream, but it opens up past history regarding Archy's untethered dad and a Black Panther-era crime.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
LCCN 2012001355
ISBN9780061493348 (hardcover)
ISBN0061493341 (hardcover)
ISBN9780061493355 (trade pb)
ISBN006149335X (trade pb)
ISBN9780062124609 (e-book)
ISBN0062124609 (e-book)
ISBN9780062201454 (large print)
ISBN006220145X (large print)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3553 .H15 T45 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold