TAWOK&C: Chabon's serial to be pubbed with Gianni illos!

The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay - News: "Del Rey, a subdivision of Random House Publishing Group, announced Tuesday that it had acquired the publishing rights to Michael Chabon's serialized novel Gentlemen of the Road.

The novel, currently appearing in The New York Times Magazine's Funny Pages, will hit stands in hardcover form Nov. 6. The pricetag is $18.95.

'I’m tremendously excited to bring to Del Rey a writer whose previous work has brought so much enjoyment to fans of our genre,” said Del Rey Editor-in-Chief Betsy Mitchell in a statement. 'This new story features all the exotic locales, adventure and intrigue a reader could want, told in a spellbinding voice.'

The hardcover edition will contain new material, as well as black and white illustrations by Gary Gianni. Mary Evans, who has long acted as Chabon's agent, brokered the deal for the English publishing rights."