33. "I think I may be too close to subject matter to be objective..." In response to In response to 31
...about it. As in, I've spent A LOT of time on Telegraph Ave. and I've spent a lot of time in the type of used record stores that he describes (In fact, I'm pretty sure I know/have spents lots of money in the spot that served as his inspiration for the store in the book). And Chabon kind of displayed the uncanny ability to make me hate about reading things I love (e.g. comic books and baseball), so I don't know if my psyche can take if he makes me hate reading about used record stores. It also makes me wary that, from what I've heard, this is a novelized version of TV show that he unsuccessfuly pitched to TNT.
On the other hand, full disclosure, I haven't read YPU, and I hear it's a lot more readable than the other stuff he's written in the '00s. I also hear his book of essays was quite good.