Humboldt's Gift

Saul Bellow

Humboldt's Gift
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
27 September 2007
Pages
496
ISBN
9780141188768

Humboldt’s Gift

Saul Bellow

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 Cheever

For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie’s life has reached a low point- his career is at a standstill, and he’s enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman and involved with a neurotic mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around.

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