The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
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"I found it stunning. It left me no choice but to systematically read everything of his."
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"I loved The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow, and someone just gave me Henderson the Rain King, so that may be up next."
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"I'd read his "Adventures of Augie March" in college, and it was in the nature of a revelation, the freedom in that narrative."
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