The Dangling Man

Saul Bellow

ISBN 10: 014001862X / ISBN 13: 9780140018622

Published by Penguin Books, 1988

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Synopsis:

A novel in which the victim of a series of mix-ups (which delays his entry into the army) finds himself facing a year with nothing to do, and so decides to keep a record of his time on the streets of Chicago. From the author of THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH and HERZOG.

Review: One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war, Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker
In this imaginative journal, set against fresh and vivid scenes in Chicago, the author has outlined what must seem to many others an uncannily accurate delineation of themselves. The New York Times
An extraordinary first novel. The Observer"

-One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war, - -Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker
-In this imaginative journal, set against fresh and vivid scenes in Chicago, the author has outlined what must seem to many others an uncannily accurate delineation of themselves.- -The New York Times
-An extraordinary first novel.- -The Observer

"One of the most honest pieces of testimony on the psychology of a whole generation who have grown up during the Depression and the war," -Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker

"In this imaginative journal, set against fresh and vivid scenes in Chicago, the author has outlined what must seem to many others an uncannily accurate delineation of themselves." -The New York Times

"An extraordinary first novel." -The Observer

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Dangling Man
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket