By: | Saul Bellow |
Pages: | 586 |
Published: | 1953 |
Genre(s): | American |
Historical Fiction | |
Adventure | |
Award(s): | Nobel Prize in Literature (1976) |
National Book Award (1954) | |
Rating: | (1) |
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Augie March is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A 'born recruit', he latches on to a wild succession of occupations, then proudly rejects each one as too limiting. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, is his independence seriously threatened. He goes on to recruit himself to even more outlandish projects, but always ducks out...
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