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Humboldt's Gift

By: Saul Bellow
Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
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 For years, they were the best of friends: the grand, erratic Humboldt and the ambitious young Charlie. But now Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie's success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts from the grave to change Charlie's life: he has left Charlie something in his will.©1973 Saul Bellow (P)1992 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Inspiring
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Bellow is at his virtousic best here. The story, replete with characters who could speak underwater, holds some of his best characters, passages, and observations about what it means to live, really live.

dynamic and lively characters and a rich and full world

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