A review by vkaz
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon

4.0

I now officially congratulate myself for finishing this book, because the first third of the book is dang hard to forge through. Telegraph Avenue is beautifully written in elaborately filigreed prose, woven through with themes about music, childbirth, race and culture. As an East Bay girl, I appreciate how well he has captured the vibe of Oakland-Berkeley. I will follow Michael Chabon almost anywhere. His voice, filled with such generosity of spirit for his imperfect and quirky cast of characters, gets me every time. So even though this book could have used some ruthless editing, I still find myself thinking of the characters and missing them. Seeing Michael Chabon in person last month, promoting the book in a bookstore made over to look like his fictional Brokeland Records, was a huge treat for me.