Mopping Up Saul Bellow

[Elaine M.M. Bell]

*Strong second on More Die of Heartbreak--possibly Bellow at his best.*

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:

> Of those on the list, I'd recommend More Die of Heartbreak.  I liked it
> better than Henderson.  The Victim's good but, by Bellow's own evaluation,
> he hadn't really found his voice when he wrote it.  Ditto Dangling Man which
> I haven't read.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 12:15 am
> Subject: Mopping Up Saul Bellow
>
>
> Hello foax
>
> Preparing for a 2 week holdiday (Mexico), and going through the usual vexations
> over what books to bring. Was leafing through Saul Bellow's 'Augie March' the
> other day, and reflecting that I should really mop up all teh remaining Bellow
> novels that I haven't yet read. I'm ambivalent about Bellow the person, of
> course, but his better books are fantastic. So, I've read most of teh obvious
> ones, and pretty much all the short stories. What's left? Here's a list, please
> advise:
>
> Dangling Man
>
> The Victim
>
> Henderson the Rain King
>
> More Die of Heartbreak
>
> The Actual
>
>
> CheersJ
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Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
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