I believe there exists a Michael Chabon novel that I would like, but The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is not it.
I went to the library in search of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, but it was out, and how could I resist a book set in Pittsburgh? Well... The Mysteries... suffers greatly in comparison to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which also features a protagonist with a dark past, newly-made gay and potential-love-interest friends who are more glamorous than the protagonist, and dangerous antics involving motor vehicles. The problem is that while Perks features an important reveal and a reasonably satisfying conclusion, Mysteries just sort of fritters away 300-odd pages. This might be more "realistic", but isn't very good storytelling.
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