by Saul Bellow, Christopher Hitchens
I had to read this for my real life book club. And, boy, was that hard work. Yes, this was written brilliantly. And it did have a rich cast of many, many interesting and unique characters. But. It was way too long and partially pretty boring. Though a lot happened to and with Augie, basicall...
Introduction: The Great American Augie, by Christopher Hitchens--The Adventures of Augie March
bookshelves: jewish, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, spring-2014, published-1953, nobel-laureate, picaresque, north-americas, tbr-busting-2014, chicago Read from April 17, 2013 to March 17, 2014 From the description: With this teeming book Bellow returned a Dickensian richness to the American nove...
Well, this took its sweet time getting good.
I am done..., 32% and I get the picture... Jimmy (as so often) captures my sentiments completelyhttp://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33973580If there weren't so many, MANY books on my TBR, I'd likely persevere, but I'm too old for that particular virtue (or vice..., as the case may be).A let down, I...
Ordered this to aug(ie)ment my March reads, however it took soo long to arrive that I'll save it for next year.Opening: I am an American, Chicago born - Chicago, that sombre city - and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first adm...
Because I
This book falls under the category of a 'coming of age' book, following the life of Augie March, a poor Jewish boy growing up during the Depression in Chicago. The story is long and very descriptive of the hardships at that time. But this type of novel, I expect the character to grow or mature or ...
Maybe it's lad lit? In any case, I couldn't get into this book.
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