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'''''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh''''' is a 1988 novel by American author [[Michael Chabon]].
It was Chabon's first novel, which he began writing as a 21-year-old undergraduate at the [[University of Pittsburgh]]. He continued to work on it during his studies (1985–87) in the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English at the [[University of California, Irvine]], where he submitted it as his thesis for the [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree. One of his advisors, the novelist [[MacDonald Harris]], sent it to his [[literary agent]]. It was published in 1988 and became a bestseller.
A [[The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (film)|film adaptation]]
==Plot summary==
Art Bechstein is the son of a mob [[Money laundering|money launderer]], who wants him to succeed in a legitimate career. (He has even set up a job for him at the end of the summer in [[Baltimore]] at a [[financial firm]] managed by one of his old friends.)
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