The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
First edition cover depicts The Escapist punching Hitler in the jaw | |
| Author | Michael Chabon |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | September 19, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 639 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| ISBN | 0-679-45004-1 |
| OCLC | 234094822 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.H15 A82 2000 |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon. A historical fiction novel, it follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Josef "Joe" Kavalier, a Czech artist and magician who escapes Nazi-occupied Prague, and Sammy Clay, a Brooklyn-born writer. Together, they create The Escapist, a fictional superhero inspired by Joe’s desire to fight fascism and his struggle to rescue his family from Europe. In the story, Kavalier and Clay become major figures in the comics industry during its Golden Age.
The novel became a New York Times Best Seller and received "nearly unanimous praise" from critics, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.