Saul Bellow (1 Viewer)

[Jim Daniels]

I heard him mentioned in a song there.
Is he worth giving a go?

 

[Corey]

Read Herzog. It's miserable fun.

 

[nEiLo]

i've tried to read Herzog twice... didn't get very far. Boigaz loves that book, I just couldn't get into it.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Read Herzog. It's miserable fun.

Can't go wrong with miserable fun!

 

[Mitchum]

Yeah definitely worth a go. Well, I like him innit.

Try Humbolt's Gift or The Adventures Of Augie March and if you like these, tackle Herzog.
His Collected Stories is well worth reading too.

 

[Bellatrix]

I'm mid-The Adventures of Augie March as we speak. Grandma Lausch has already stalked into my gallery of all-time favourite characters.

Henderson The Rain King is also great.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I read Ravelstein and it was really good. One of his last books, maybe his last one. Essentially a portrait of an old friend of his.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Cheers for the tips folks

 

[MDR]

I read Seize the Day. If you like richard ford or john updike, you'd probably like it.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I'm reading Humbolts Gift.
Not bowled over by it by any means.

Actually - for extra credit and without looking in Wiki can anyone tell me what Humbolts Mistake is?

 

[shidheat]

I'm mid-The Adventures of Augie March as we speak. Grandma Lausch has already stalked into my gallery of all-time favourite characters.

Henderson The Rain King is also great.

me too. isn't that cool.

i'm only about 30 pages into it so far though. it's very dense. i have to keep re-reading sections of it to cop on to where it's at. looks like it will be as good as herzog. neilo you wimpo, put your back into it

 

[flashback]

I just read Kosinski's The Painted Bird there a while ago.

I mean, its a completey insane book, and I wouldn't recommend it to any normal person. But this is thumped like, so, ehh, I found it pretty good. Sounds a bit like some of the above... might be interested... maybe?
Dunno.

 

[sweetoblivion]

what's the Saul Bellow book about Chicago? I was talking to a guy about it once and it sounded so amazing...kept looking for it in Charlie Byrnes but I can't remember the title now?

 

[Mitchum]

what's the Saul Bellow book about Chicago? I was talking to a guy about it once and it sounded so amazing...kept looking for it in Charlie Byrnes but I can't remember the title now?

Well that's a bit like asking which James Joyce book is about Dublin...but you're probably thinking of 'Augie March'.

 

[sweetoblivion]

sorry, i should have been more specific, he was from chicago wasn't he?!
it was his descriptions of the city at the beginning of the book that the guy was talking about.