Saul Bellow R.I.P.

[charles f albert]

My condolences.....I know you are a big fan......


and Henderson was the title I picked, at random, when you urged me to 
investigate Bellow. I enthusiastically second that emotion....




love,
cfa





At 05:22 PM 4/7/2005, you wrote:
>><<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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