As you, dear reader, may know, I read comic books. I haven't always read comic books. I have been led to comics by my dear husband, who is a collector. But that doesn't mean I have abandoned reading traditional prose books; and, sometimes, a traditional prose book will cross over to appeal to comics readers. One of those on my reading list right now is Peter and Max, a novel set in the comics world of Fables, from Vertigo.
However, this posting is about Kavalier and Clay, a book I am clearing off my bookshelf and giving away for Christmas (maybe Peter and Max will be in next year's batch). Kavalier and Clay is an award-winning novel following the creators of a Superman-like character called the Escapist. The story of the two cousins is funny, touching, sad, and well deserving of the Pulitzer Prize it won.