Grandfather’s tale shines light on a quiet hero
You may never have heard of him but it is difficult to be unmoved by his story
Fictionalised biography, Moonglow: By Michael Chabon, Fourth Estate, €23.55
‘Sometimes even lovers of fiction can be satisfied only by the truth,” Michael Chabon writes in Moonglow, a compelling account of his grandfather’s life, which blends biography with some of the tricks and pyrotechnics of fiction.
Best known for his novels Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon structures Moonglow as a deathbed confession. As the American author and Pulitzer ...
