The Adventures of Augie March
Introduction by - Christopher Hitchens
Penguin Classic
Paperback : 26 Apr 2001
£10.99
Synopsis
A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching onto a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a ‘born recruit’, easily influenced by others who try and 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 performer in Bellow’s exuberant, richly observed human variety show.Reviews
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‘Funny, poignant, crowded with carnivalesque types and yet narrated in a voice that is lonely and simple, it is Bellow’s fat comic masterpiece’ Observer
‘The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel. Search no further’ Martin Amis, Guardian
