The book also reveals the heart-wrenching story of his grandmother, who escaped pre-war Germany haunted by the “Skinless Horse”, an apt metaphor for the horrific events that scarred her life. Yet in his acknowledgements, the writer describes it as both a “pack of lies” and a “monstrous stepchild” of his great-uncle’s memories, blurring the line between fact and fiction. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon’s eighth adult novel ostensibly recounts the life story of the author’s unnamed maternal grandfather from his deathbed a rollicking tale involving attempted murder, stalking rocket scientist Werner Von Braun in the last days of WWII, and snake hunting in the Florida swamps.
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