Being a big fan of Michael Chabon, I eagerly anticipated reading his latest novel, Moonglow. It's a kind of memoir in the form of a novel, with his dying grandfather as protagonist and indirect narrator. The chronology jumps around unpredictably, which turns out to be a very effective and interesting approach to dealing with the grandfather's eventful life: WWII trials and shocks, marriage to a mentally ill French war refugee, work as a model builder for NASA, late-life romance in a retirement center in Florida, etc. The direct narrator, named Michael Chabon, is ostensibly the author, who goes about researching his grandfather's story/history and piecing it together, with help from his grandfather's "loose tongue" due to pain medication for his terminal bone cancer, his mother and others who knew him. It's a rich and warmly-told story which is, as the reviewer in the Guardian article mentions, is uncharacteristically serious in tone. In my opinion, this fact does not negatively affect the book's quality or readability.
for a review of the book from The Guardian, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/03/moonglow-by-michael-chabon-review
for a review of the book from The Guardian, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/03/moonglow-by-michael-chabon-review
