Telegraph Avenue Low Price CD, (Audiobook)

from BooksForDinner

Didn't finish this book. Pretty disappointed that I couldn't get into it, as I waited a long time for it to come out and I love Chabon (as you can see from my reviews of his other novels). I got the feeling after 100 pages that I was reading a book by someone who was trying too hard to be clever....

from kbullfrog

A book with story potential, I chose it because it was about a local city i love, Oakland, about jazz musicians, and about a strong women midwife, but the delivery came across flat (pun intended?) and I really didn't feel that emotionally connected to the characters. It didn't have that sparkle i...

from nbmars

Telegraph Avenue revolves around the lives of two closely intertwined families. Archy Stallings and Gwen Shanks, both African-American, are expecting their first child together. It turns out that Archy also has a 14-year-old son, Titus Joyner, or T.J., from a previous relationship. Their best fri...

from RandyMetcalfe

Beyond the limits of nostalgia lies a strange land of wistfulness, dream, and fetish. This is the landscape that Michael Chabon charts in Telegraph Avenue whose nominal focus is Brokeland Records, a struggling used-record store on Oakland's storied Telegraph Avenue. Brokeland is a natural focal p...

from figre

Michael Chabon is a writer who deals in the details of life. His writing is full of characters with character - detailed individuals who he successfully brings to life for the reader. This book continues to showcase his ability. Further, it shows how well he handles characters who might fall too ...