Pater Familias … because I'm your FATHER!

Guyhood overthought and overwritten, but that's what we want from literary master-novelist who brought us such think-y but entertaining hits asThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Right up front he outs shameful daddy secret -- we get way too much credit and praise for doing things that earn mothers nada. From there he takes us, via short essays, on a tour of his malehood past and present, providing grins, laughs, and lightning-bolt insights. Especially rich reading for forty-somethings who were teens in the Seventies, as was Chabon. Published by HarperCollins. 320 pages, $25.99 retail. Read 'bonus tracks' on author's site. See blurb, buy from  Harper Collins. Discounted here.