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Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow
Paperback : 496 pages
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Introduction
For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie's life has reached a low point: his career is at a standstill, and he's enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman, and involved with a neurotic mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around. 'Bellow at his best . . . funny, vibrant, ironic, self-mocking, and wise, a thoroughly delightful novel on every score.' - Jonathan Yardley, San Francisco Examiner 'Sharp, erudite, beautifully measured . . . #Bellow# is one of the most gifted chroniclers of the Western world alive today. - The Times (London) WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
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