{"product_id":"9780007440115_maps-and-legends","title":"Maps and Legends","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays on books and why they matter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER \u0026amp;amp; CLAY and WONDER BOYS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAPS AND LEGENDS is a love song in sixteen parts – a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the thrilling, chilling origins of storytelling, rejecting the false walls around ‘serious’ literature in favour of a wide-ranging affection. His own fiction, meanwhile, is explored from the perspective of personal history: post-collegiate desperation sparks his debut, THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH; procrastination and doubt reveal the way towards WONDER BOYS; a love of comics and a basement golem combine to create the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER \u0026amp;amp; CLAY; and an enigmatic Yiddish phrasebook unfurls into THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Chabon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284943487125,"sku":"9780007440115","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007440115.jpg?v=1776992209","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007440115_maps-and-legends","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}