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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Vintage paperback

A chronicle of success and failure, this work is Bellow's tale of the writer's life in America. When Humboldt dies a failure in a seedy New York hotel, Charlie Citrine coping with the tribulations of his own success, begins to realize the significance of his own life.

'I think it A Work of genius, I think it The Work of a Genius' John Cheever

For years, they were the best of friends: Humboldt, a grand, erratic figure, and Charlie, a young man of frenzied and noble longings. But by the 1970s, Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie's success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts... Read Full Overview

For years, they were the best of friends: Humboldt, a grand, erratic figure, and Charlie, a young man of frenzied and noble longings. But by the 1970s, Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie's success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts... Read Full Overview

Charlie Citrine, en succesrig, midaldrende forfatter fra Chicago, fors ger forg ves at f? styr p? sit mere og mere indviklede liv. B?de kone og elskerinde stiller store krav, og samtidig har den pengefikserede gangster Rinaldo Cantabile udset sig Citrine som sin nye bedste ven... Read Full Overview