The boy wonders WHAT WE LOST by Dale Peck Granta, £12, pp. 229, ISBN 071484392X Dale Peck, an American in his thirties with tufty hair, has so far written three novels which have been well received but not widely read. Now he is...

With his new movie, Wonder Boys, and his new fiancee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas is trying to leave his dark roles--and his dark past--behind. Michael Douglas can't find his napkin. "Hey," he says, signaling the waiter, who has just served him an...

Even for someone as painfully—ridiculously—attractive as author Taylor Antrim, the process of picture-taking can still be painful. Posing for an Observer photographer last week, leaning against a wall off Sixth Avenue in the West Village, the tall and fair 33-year-old smiled tightly and shot embarrassed...

Ladies and gentlemen, your Arkansas Tech ... Copperheads?Concerned over having different team names and mascots for men's and women's sports, Arkansas Tech is considering doing away with the nicknames Wonder Boys and Golden Suns. The school is also worried the name Wonder Boys might be...

In the following interview, See discusses Chabon's life, publishing history, and the origins of Wonder Boys.

In the following review of Wonder Boys, Gorra finds flaws in the novel's disparate plotlines and the protagonist's disingenuous observations.

In the following review, Yardley praises Wonder Boys and affirms Chabon's literary accolades.