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* WritersBlock: Averted. Grady can't ''stop'' writing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first. [[spoiler:James implies he's the product of an affair between his mother and his paternal grandfather. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first. [[spoiler:James implies he's the product of an affair between his mother and his paternal grandfather. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
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* WritersBlock: Averted. Grady can't ''stop'' writing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first. [[spoiler:James implies he's the product of an affair between his mother and his paternal grandfather. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]writing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first. [[spoiler:James implies he's the product of an affair between his mother and his paternal grandfather. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
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* BiTheWay: Terry Crabtree.
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* JewishHolidays: Grady and James attend a Passover Seder with Grady's wife's family.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: Grady and Terry meet in college when they plagiarize the same short story for a creative writing class.
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''Wonder Boys'' is a 1995 novel by MichaelChabon. It revolves around Pittsburgh college professor/novelist Grady Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel (also called ''Wonder Boys''), his pregnant girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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''Wonder Boys'' is a 1995 novel by MichaelChabon.Creator/MichaelChabon. It revolves around Pittsburgh college professor/novelist Grady Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel (also called ''Wonder Boys''), his pregnant girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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''Wonder Boys'' is a 1995 novel by MichaelChabon. It revolves around Pittsburgh college professor/novelist Grady Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel, novel (also called ''Wonder Boys''), his pregnant girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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''Wonder Boys'' is a 1995 novel by MichaelChabon. It revolves around Pittsburgh college professor/novelist Grady
Grady Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel, his pregnant girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Clement, the bouncer at The High Hat.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Clement, the bouncer at The High Hat.the Hi-Hat.
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girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel, his pregnant
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In 2000 ''Wonder Boys'' was adapted into a film.
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In 2000 ''Wonder Boys'' was adapted into a film.[[Film/WonderBoys film]].
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* {{Gayngst}}: James Leer is morose and depressed throughout the book. His sexuality may only be one factor, though. Averted with Terry Crabtree.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: [[WordOfGod Chabon]] has said that Grady is at least partially based on novelist Chuck Kinder, one of Chabon's college professors.
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Literally. He Doctor Dee had it coming, though.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Grady's mother died when he was an infant and his father killed himself a few years later,
leaving Grady to be raised by his grandmother. [[spoiler:May also apply to James Leer. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
leaving Grady to be raised by his grandmother. [[spoiler:May also apply to James Leer. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: Grady's mother died when he was an infant and his father killed himself a few years later,
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of Chabon's college professors.
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though. Averted with Terry Crabtree.
of Chabon's college professors.
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* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod Chabon]] has said that Grady is at least partially based on novelist Chuck Kinder, one
one of Chabon's college professors.
* {{Gayngst}}: James Leer is morose and depressed throughout the book. His sexuality may only be onefactor,
factor, though. Averted with Terry Crabtree.
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''Wonder Boys'' is a 1995 novel by MichaelChabon. It revolves around Pittsburgh college professor/novelist Grady
Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel, his pregnant
girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
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'''This book contains examples of:'''
* BiTheWay: Terry Crabtree.
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:James Leer.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod Chabon]] has said that Grady is at least partially based on novelist Chuck Kinder, one
of Chabon's college professors.
* {{Gayngst}}: James Leer is morose and depressed throughout the book. His sexuality may only be one factor,
though. Averted with Terry Crabtree.
* HappilyAdopted: All of Irene and Irving Warshaw's surviving children are adopted and don't seem any more messed up than biological children.
* JewishHolidays: Grady and James attend a Passover Seder with Grady's wife's family.
* MostWritersAreWriters
* ParentalAbandonment: Grady's mother died when he was an infant and his father killed himself a few years later,
leaving Grady to be raised by his grandmother. [[spoiler:May also apply to James Leer. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
* ScaryBlackMan: Clement, the bouncer at The High Hat.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Literally. He had it coming, though.]]
* TrophyRoom: Walter's sports memorabilia closet.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Miss Antonia Sloviak.
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first.
Tripp, who, over the course of a weekend, has to handle a troubled student, his unfinished novel, his pregnant
girlfriend (the chancellor of the college and his boss' wife), his wife, a purloined jacket and a dead dog.
In 2000 ''Wonder Boys'' was adapted into a film.
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'''This book contains examples of:'''
* BiTheWay: Terry Crabtree.
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:James Leer.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod Chabon]] has said that Grady is at least partially based on novelist Chuck Kinder, one
of Chabon's college professors.
* {{Gayngst}}: James Leer is morose and depressed throughout the book. His sexuality may only be one factor,
though. Averted with Terry Crabtree.
* HappilyAdopted: All of Irene and Irving Warshaw's surviving children are adopted and don't seem any more messed up than biological children.
* JewishHolidays: Grady and James attend a Passover Seder with Grady's wife's family.
* MostWritersAreWriters
* ParentalAbandonment: Grady's mother died when he was an infant and his father killed himself a few years later,
leaving Grady to be raised by his grandmother. [[spoiler:May also apply to James Leer. [[ConsummateLiar Or not]].]]
* ScaryBlackMan: Clement, the bouncer at The High Hat.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Literally. He had it coming, though.]]
* TrophyRoom: Walter's sports memorabilia closet.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Miss Antonia Sloviak.
* YourCheatingHeart: Grady's had a long-standing affair with Sara. It isn't his first.
