Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in About Chicago, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
?I think it A Work of genius, I think it The Work of a Genius, I think it brilliant, splendid, etc. If there is literature (and this proves there is) this is where it?s at.? ?John CheeverSaul Bellow?s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel explores the long friendship between Charlie Citrine, a young man with an intense passion for literature, and the great ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in About Chicago, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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