The stories include the grandfather's early days in Baltimore and Philadelphia, his experience with the American troops at the end of World War II, and his relationships with his parents and his brother. Although there are very serious themes throughout the book, I liked the context of lightness in which they are developed.Ĭombining his own memories of both his grandparents with his grandfather's final confessions, the narrator is able to detail his grandfather's life. I guess this makes this a little bit of a meta-novel, emphasizing the irony of its being a pretend memoir. The grandfather had always been a reticent character, but during his final illness, he offers a number of stories to his attentive novelist grandson - suggesting that this be written down. The brilliance of Moonglow stands as a strident defence of the form itself, a bravura demonstration of the endless mutability and versatility of the novel." ( Review by Alex Preston, Jan.
"This is a novel that, despite its chronological lurches, feels entirely sure footed, propulsive, the work of a master at his very best. I enjoyed the way the novel jumps around in time and space, playing on the various themes and memories that are being developed. Although Chabon pretends that his narrator's story of his grandfather is a memoir, it's clearly fiction. Despite some of the more depressing elements of the plot, it has a light touch and often is very amusing. Michael Chabon's Moonglow is a really enjoyable book.
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