{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-augie-march-penguin-modern-classics-9780141184869","title":"The Adventures of Augie March Penguin Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Augie March \u003c\/i\u003eis the Great American Novel. Search no further'' Martin Amis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman. He is a ''born recruit'', easily influenced by others who try to 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 of star performer in a richly observed human variety show, a modern-day Columbus in search of reality and fulfilment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Augie March \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an introduction by Christopher Hitchens in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Funny, poignant, crowded with carnivalesque types and yet narrated by a voice that is lonely and simple, it is Bellow''s fat comic ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAstonishingly and tremendously entertaining -- The New  York Times\u003cbr\u003eA rollicking, perplexing, astounding whopper of a picaresque novel * Chicago Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eFunny, poignant ... it is Bellow's fat comic masterpiece * Augie March *\u003cbr\u003eThe great novel of the young person * Harper's *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732420768087,"sku":"9780141184869","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141184869.jpg?v=1719996807","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-augie-march-penguin-modern-classics-9780141184869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}