6/12/2023 0 Comments Telegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonThe novel opens when Gwen Shanks, Archy Stallings's wife, is 36-weeks pregnant. Both of these scenes haunt the novel as it moves forward in time. Flowers shoots a man at the Bit O' Honey lounge, and Stallings is the getaway driver. There is a scene set in 1973 of two men in a Toronado, Luther Stallings and Chandler Flowers, both Black Panthers. The first scene is that of an African-American boy on a bicycle with a white Jewish boy who is standing on a skateboard and has his hand on the rider's shoulder. The novel begins with two scenes that set the tone of the book. The novel explores the lives of six people who are all interconnected by familial connections, place and time. Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon is set in modern times on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California.
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