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The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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Description for The Adventures of Augie March
Paperback. A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a 'born recruit', easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
'The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel. Search no further' Martin Amis
A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a 'born recruit', easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, can he attempt to break free. A modern day everyman on an odyssey in search of reality and identity, Augie March is the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184869
SKU
V9780141184869
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About Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was born in 1915 to Russian émigré parents. He published his first novel, The Dangling Man, in 1944; this was followed, in 1947, by The Victim. In 1948 a Guggenheim Fellowship enabled Bellow to travel to Paris, where he wrote The Adventures of Augie March, published in 1953. Henderson The Rain King (1959) brought Bellow worldwide fame, and ... Read more
Reviews for The Adventures of Augie March
Astonishingly and tremendously entertaining
The New York Times A rollicking, perplexing, astounding whopper of a picaresque novel
Chicago Sunday Times
Funny, poignant ... it is Bellow's fat comic masterpiece
Augie March
The great novel of the young person
Harper's
The New York Times A rollicking, perplexing, astounding whopper of a picaresque novel
Chicago Sunday Times
Funny, poignant ... it is Bellow's fat comic masterpiece
Augie March
The great novel of the young person
Harper's