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God, that was painful. There is a great story in there somewhere, and there are even some really funny and entertaining parts, but you've got to slog through his philosophical, self-conscious, self-involved ramblings to get to them.
As the narrator's love/lust interest, Renata, says at one point: "When you get to the story, let me know. I'm not big on philosophy."
One of our judges asked me what I was reading these days, and when I told him, he said, "Saul Bellow??!! I didn't think anybody actually READ Saul Bellow!" Exactly.
As the narrator's love/lust interest, Renata, says at one point: "When you get to the story, let me know. I'm not big on philosophy."
One of our judges asked me what I was reading these days, and when I told him, he said, "Saul Bellow??!! I didn't think anybody actually READ Saul Bellow!" Exactly.
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