Read Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Chabon. Enjoyed it.
It had a bit of an On the Road feel to it with the somewhat straight-man as a narrator, surrounded by big tragic characters doing crazy things because...well, what else is there to do? The more I thought about it, the more the parallel between these two seemed relevant. Cleveland as Cassidy. The narrator's manly-love for his friends. Learning to break free from the constraints of society or expectations that, themselves, have a tragic core...
Aaaaanyhow. I'll leave it there before I force the comparison too much further.
It had a bit of an On the Road feel to it with the somewhat straight-man as a narrator, surrounded by big tragic characters doing crazy things because...well, what else is there to do? The more I thought about it, the more the parallel between these two seemed relevant. Cleveland as Cassidy. The narrator's manly-love for his friends. Learning to break free from the constraints of society or expectations that, themselves, have a tragic core...
Aaaaanyhow. I'll leave it there before I force the comparison too much further.