The Brilliant Novel From The Author Of Pulitzer Prize-Winning The Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay . Grady Tripp Is An Over-Sexed, Pot-Bellied, Pit-Smoking, Ageing Wunderkind Of A Novelist Now Teaching Creative Writing At A Pittsburgh College While Working On His 2,000 Page Masterpiece, Wonder Boys . When His Rumbustious Editor And Friend, Terry Crabtree, Arrives In Town, A Chaotic Weekend Follows Involving A Tuba, A Dead Dog, Marilyn Monroe S Ermine-Lined Jacket And A Squashed Boa Constrictor.