Michael Chabon takes the traditions of memoir and wraps it in Moonglow

By Linda Morris
Updated December 9 2016 - 11:13am, first published November 27 2016 - 7:48pm
Author Michael Chabon was 10 when he wrote his first serious story. Photo: Harper Colins
Author Michael Chabon was 10 when he wrote his first serious story. Photo: Harper Colins
Michael Chabon argues that truth is slippery. Photo: Andrew Toth, Getty Images
Michael Chabon argues that truth is slippery. Photo: Andrew Toth, Getty Images

When Michael Chabon won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 he gave himself the freedom to write as he pleased. "That was completely how I interpreted it," says Chabon, still pinching himself 15 years later. "This is your Double O, you know, this is licence to kill, and you can go do whatever you want."