Moonglow

"Michael Chabon’s latest novel, a playful twist on family memoirs, purports to be the amazing adventures of the author’s maternal grandfather, as confided to him when the normally reticent, often anger-fueled electrical engineer lay dying on a “palliative cloud” of painkillers. The entertaining, beautifully written narrative encompasses the hunt for Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun during the last days of World War II, marriage to a beguiling but psychologically damaged French Holocaust survivor, and a stint in prison for attempted murder. Despite a few wayward blasts, Moonglow is a propulsive, ultimately moving love story about shooting for the moon but learning to accept misfires."

"I am finishing up Michael Chabon's miraculous "Moonglow""