Andy's review
Humbolts Gift
by Saul Bellow
Andy's review
Humbolts Gift by Saul Bellow
Andy's review
rating:
An interesting portrait of mid-20th century Chicago, and a host of strange characters therein, from artists and academics to crazed gangsters. Loaded with interesting philosophical concepts about the nature of human existence. The story, at times, tends to take the back seat to all of this, but, still, worth reading. The main thrust of the story concerns a writer, Charlie Citrine, who, with the aid of his late friend's legacy, is able to turn his life around.
