The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow [1953 HARDCOVER] • The Viking Press

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow  VINTAGE BOOK CLUB EDITION [1953] THE VIKING PRESS Vintage hardcover sans dust jacket in excellent condition.  Reads like new with trace wear. A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching onto a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman.He is a ‘born recruit’, easily influenced by others who try and mould his destiny. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, can he attempt to break free.A modern day Everyman on an odyssey in search of reality and identity, Augie March is the star performer in Bellow’s exuberant, richly observed human variety show.