This book sat in my room for two years, untouched except for a soda stain at the upper right corners of the pages. It was a book we never got to in my writing class, so I forgot I even had it, which is disappointing considering I would've discovered Michael Chabon a lot sooner. Even though his stuff is sometimes a little difficult to get through because his grasp on the English language is genius and therefore a tad bit wordy, once you get used to his style of writing it's really easy to appreciate. I loved the multiple story lines going on in the book-- from the Escapist comics to Joe's past in Prague to the present lives of Joe and Sammy. They were all completely separate but intertwined perfectly into the book. By the time I turned the last page I remember thinking "No! I want more!" but it wasn't in a bad, leaving-you-hanging kind of way. Chabon ends the story of Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay appropriately; I just wasn't ready to part with the wonderfully crafted characters and their interesting (though heartbreaking) lives. Definitely read this! It didn't win the Pulitzer Prize for nothing.