Saul Bellow R.I.P.

[MalignD at aol.com]

> <<I liked TPAA fine, though the denoument or whatever seemd a bit hasty, 
> ryshed.  H'sG is I'm guessing SB's "best" novel, whatever that might mean ...>>
> 
Plot Against America is certainly worth reading, although the political 
set-up is the least of it.   He's written before about growing up in Newark, both 
fictionally and not and seems, every time, to be mining it fresh.   He just 
writes really really well.

Humboldt's Gift is awfully good.   As to his best, or "best" as Monroe 
appropriately puts it (appropriate in Bellow's case), there's a lot of good stuff to 
pick from.   Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet, Henderson, Seize the Day ...   
More Die of Heartbreak, which nobody ever mentions is a gem.   And, despite what 
you may have read, Ravelstein is terrific; misread by any number of people who 
should know better.


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