Michael Chabon won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2001 for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. This story is about two cousins. Joe Kavalier meets Sam Clay when he emigrates from Prague at the age of 19. Sam is 17, born and raised in Brooklyn, and interested in writing comic books. Joe is an artist and has never seen a comic book before. Joe was also trained in magic, lock picking, and as an escape artist. They come up with an idea for a new super hero, one who can rival Superman, called The Escapist. The Escapist fights fascists. Since this is before World War Two, fighting fascists does not agree with everyone but Joe is adamant that The Escapist fights fascists. The characters of Kavalier and Clay are based on some actual cartoon artists in New York City at the time. I enjoyed the story about the two cousins making a living together collaborating on comic books in New York City.
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