Telegraph Avenue
Book description
New York Times Bestseller
“A genuinely moving story about race and class, parenting and marriage. . . Chabon is inarguably one of the greatest prose stylists of all time." — Benjamin Percy, Esquire
New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported readers to wonderful places: to New…
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“Telegraph Avenue” captures both the seediness and joy of South Berkeley in the early 1970s. Peopled with compelling characters, this book gives readers a backstage look at the soul music, soul food, and soul of a neighborhood on the verge of change.
Home to simple, working-class folks, South Berkeley provided a safe haven for creative innovation and experimentation, as well as social change and community activists.
From Joan's list on 1970’s art & politics.
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