found in a second hand bookstore (charity shop).

from Amazon.com:

Samuel Klayman--self-described little man, city boy, and Jew--first meets Josef Kavalier when his mother shoves him aside in his own bed, telling him to make room for their cousin, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Prague. It's the beginning, however unlikely, of a beautiful friendship. In short order, Sam's talent for pulp plotting meets Joe's faultless, academy-trained line, and a comic-book superhero is born. A sort of lantern-jawed equalizer clad in dark blue long underwear, the Escapist "roams the globe, performing amazing feats and coming to the aid of those who languish in tyranny's chains!" Before they know it, Kavalier and Clay (as Sam Klayman has come to be known) find themselves at the epicenter of comics' golden age.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2001

As sofar the book did not cry loud enough from MTBR, I moved it to AVL, where it got chosen by sudokugirl in Bosnia-Herzegovina, when I offered her a pick (as a thank you RABCK).

Will take part in charbono's Around the World challenge

Enjoy!

RELEASE NOTES:

Arrived safely this morning. Thank you so much, bestfriends, I'm really looking forward to reading this. And what a cool book label: I don't remember seeing one like it before.