Showing The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

Paperback. Pub Date :2001-04-26 Pages: 560 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books Saul Bellows American masterpiece. The Adventures of Augie March includes an introduction by Christopher Hitchens in Penguin Modern Classics. 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 star of star performer in a richly observed human variety show . a modern-day Columbus in search of reality and fulfilment. Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a Canadian-bor...